{"id":2413,"date":"2020-06-04T09:53:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T13:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2020-06-04T15:37:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T19:37:43","slug":"the-sanitizer-sutra-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/04\/the-sanitizer-sutra-maybe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sanitizer Sutra (maybe)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday afternoon, Baseball Ontario released its draft &#8220;Return to Baseball Protocols&#8221;.  Among other things, the 11-page proposal explains in full detail how to properly protect and clean our balls in the event we do return to play this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t worry though, you don&#8217;t have to read the whole thing; I, Shaun Keay, took it upon myself to go through the whole thing with a fine tooth comb and summarize this &#8220;Sanitizer Sutra&#8221; for you.  You&#8217;re welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>if you\u2019ve been on your butt for months, maybe try not to do too much too fast<\/li><li>if you don\u2019t feel safe playing, don\u2019t play<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>whatever number Ontario sets as the max group, Is the guideline we will follow as the max attendees to the field (including players, umps, and fans)<\/li><li>If the limit is set to &lt;= 100, each player gets only 1 non-participant in the stands<\/li><li>coaches will keep attendance of gatherings, and provide it to the Association within 24hrs, who then pass it on to Baseball Ontario<\/li><li>don\u2019t car pool<\/li><li>if you\u2019re &#8216;at risk&#8217;, maybe be smart about the decisions you make<\/li><li>do a self-assessment (<a href=\"https:\/\/covid-19.ontario.ca\/self-assessment\/\">https:\/\/covid-19.ontario.ca\/self-assessment\/<\/a>) before each gathering, and stay home if you fail it<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>each team must have soap+water or 70%+ alcohol sanitizer and disinfectant wipes at all times<\/li><li>clean and disinfect your shit regularly with a microfiber cloth<\/li><li>stay 2 meters away from any staff cleaning the general areas<\/li><li>batting gloves do not count as PPE gloves<\/li><li>maybe don\u2019t share equipment<\/li><li>wipe your own balls before and after<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>wash your hands regularly<\/li><li>don\u2019t touch your face<\/li><li>also don\u2019t touch yourself<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>minimum 45 minutes between games. previous team can sanitize areas and dispose garbage before next team arrives to then clean\/sanitize area<\/li><li>there may be a drop dead\/no new innings rule so minimum 45 minutes is maintained<\/li><li>clean your own dugout<\/li><li>stay in your car until everyone from the previous game has left<\/li><li>If you like gambling, you can just use the public washrooms<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>no spitting. no seeds. no gum. no sharing<\/li><li>no handshakes. no high fives. no chest bumps. no make out sessions.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>pregame-stay in your own half in the outfield<\/li><li>pregame-one team on the infield at a time<\/li><li>pregame-1 coach each and 1 umpire for plate meeting<\/li><li>line up cards still prepared, but not physically shared. Take a picture if you wish.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>balls sanitized at end of each defensive inning<\/li><li>defensive team controls game balls while they are on defense<\/li><li>defensive team will chase down fouls<\/li><li>don\u2019t spit on your balls<\/li><li>appointed personnel with PPE will mud rub balls<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>team rep (16+ yrs old) will fetch bats while wearing gloves<\/li><li>batting gloves are not PPE gloves, geez<\/li><li>team rep better sanitize hands at end of each half inning<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>don\u2019t share equipment, including catcher\u2019s masks and jock straps<\/li><li>can use a safety base at first, but not mandatory &#8211; determined by home team<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>home ump to be 2 meters behind pitcher. wait what?<\/li><li>umps wont handle balls<\/li><li>if you touch a ball, use sanitizer at the end of the half inning<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>don\u2019t lick your fingers. don\u2019t lick yourself<\/li><li>don\u2019t blow on your hands. don\u2019t blow yourself<\/li><li>older leagues may adopt the rule to prohibit lead-offs<\/li><li>tags allowed, but defensive player must immediately scramble to maintain safe distance<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>maintain distance on mound visits, no fondling<\/li><li>use PPE when assessing injuries<\/li><li>get too close to the ump, and you\u2019ll be ejected<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FYI<\/strong>&#8211; The actual Return to Baseball draft can be found here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballontario.com\/filestore\/htmleditattachedfiles\/rts_-_baseball_ontario_-_bom_for_review_june_3_20202020-06-03t13-05-57v001_by_292.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download Draft Return to Baseball Protocol (June 3, 2020)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyMerc40550281\/status\/1268359072597893120?s=20\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regards,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shaun Keay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday afternoon, Baseball Ontario released its draft &#8220;Return to Baseball Protocols&#8221;. Among other things, the 11-page proposal explains in full detail how to properly protect and clean our balls in the event we do return to play this year. Don&#8217;t worry though, you don&#8217;t have to read the whole thing; I, Shaun Keay, took it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[101,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-recap"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/img_8806.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p41pWP-CV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2413"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2422,"href":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413\/revisions\/2422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}