Sure, do the cleaning, but remember that the majority of spread is person to person.
"The primary and most important mode of transmission for COVID-19 is through close contact from person-to-person. Based on data from lab studies on COVID-19 and what we know about similar respiratory diseases, it may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this isn’t thought to be the main way the virus spreads." CDC, May 22, 2020.
Wear the f*cking mask. This isn't politics; it's science (and health).
The problem for baseball won't be the activity on the field. It's the activity in the dugout and the locker room and the training room. It's the travel. And it's the rest of life's interactions. And it's the fact that the virus transmits before we know we're sick. We're all swimming upstream against this thing.
This is so on point.
How are you going to stay 6 feet apart in the dugout/bullpen/locker room?
Mound visit; conduct business 6 feet away; does the pitching coach wear a mask during the visit?
The home plate umpire is on top of the catcher; what does he do, step 6 feet back? He can't get balls/strikes right when he's on top of the plate as it is.
Runner on first, no outs; pitcher throws the ball, batter hits it to third, he throws to second, he throws to first, double play, first baseman throws it back to the pitcher, that's 4 players who touched that baseball.
Will there be a bottle of hand sanitizer at every base, asking for a friend.
Hey, good for MLB, they gave it a shot, just mothball the sport until the Spring of 2021, "mabye" we'll be out of the woods by then.
And don't get me started on football and how impossible that will be.
There was an infectious disease expert on the radio here in Boston awhile ago, I forget the station who when asked if sports would return by the Fall said "Sure, the Fall of 2021"............