It has been described by those who have read it as “overwhelming” and “intimidating” and “too much” and “what’s necessary.”
It is both exhaustively thorough and occasionally vague. It is assuring and alarming.
It mandates caution and points the way to calamity.
Major League Baseball’s operations manual addressing procedures for the 2020 season in light of COVID-19 was 101 pages long when it was delivered to teams earlier this week and is evolving pretty much by the day with addendums and appendixes. Some details about how this season will go down are still being worked through, as questions and concerns arise from clubs.