I am everything about the importance of using masks as part of the country-wide efforts to limit the spread of COVID-19. They arent best– nothing is– however, according to actual professionals, masks do a respectable minimizing the beads that come out of a users mouth, and those droplets can include and spread out the infection. Theres a factor MLB has had so much success restricting spread this year, and a reason it mandated mask-wearing by everybody in the park except the players actively using the field.
… nevertheless, it does appear a little extreme for umpire Joe West to look up into the suite where Nationals GM Mike Rizzo is standing alone, eject him for not using a mask (or perhaps Rizzo was shouting down?), and then call security to enforce the ejection:
Joe West calls security to get someone kicked out of the game. pic.twitter.com/pr9WYkYE1M
— handlit33 (@handlit33) September 6, 2020
Mike Rizzo obviously was ejected from Sundays matchup with the Braves. pic.twitter.com/NQFoF3Jiuj
— Nationals on MASN (@masnNationals) September 6, 2020
Again, Ill state, Rizzo mustve been wearing a mask. I do not know why he didnt just put one on whenever this– whatever it was– began. But Joe West has a streak of this sort of “Im the Sheriff” habits, and it seems like he was doing a bit more than trying to implement the rules in great faith.
Or its possible West likewise didnt like something he was hearing from waaaaay waaaay up there, whichs part of why Rizzo got the boot? Well learn soon enough, I expect.
I am all about the importance of wearing masks as part of the country-wide efforts to restrict the spread of COVID-19. They arent best– absolutely nothing is– however, according to actual specialists, masks do a quite great reducing the droplets that come out of a wearers mouth, and those droplets can include and spread the infection. Theres a reason MLB has actually had so much success limiting spread this year, and a reason it mandated mask-wearing by everybody in the park other than the players actively playing on the field.
