ReadingPhilly wrote:sunday at home vs. the o's and monday at the yankees will both be on nbcsp at 6 pm.

Didi Gregorius emerged Wednesday night from the Phillies dugout with the look of a ballplayer: glove tucked under his arm, cap tugged tight, red socks pulled high. But then there was the black mask covering his nose and mouth, a reminder that Gregorius is a ballplayer in the middle of a pandemic.

He has worn his mask each day during the team’s summer camp, one of the handful of Phillies who have played with a protective face covering. And Gregorius committed Wednesday to wearing his mask — in the field and at the plate — during the season, a 60-game schedule that he could have opted out of and still received full pay because of a chronic kidney disorder that labels him as “high-risk.”

MoBettle wrote:https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/philadelphia-phillies-didi-gregorius-kidney-disease-mask-coronavirus-20200715.html

Didi Gregorius emerged Wednesday night from the Phillies dugout with the look of a ballplayer: glove tucked under his arm, cap tugged tight, red socks pulled high. But then there was the black mask covering his nose and mouth, a reminder that Gregorius is a ballplayer in the middle of a pandemic.

He has worn his mask each day during the team’s summer camp, one of the handful of Phillies who have played with a protective face covering. And Gregorius committed Wednesday to wearing his mask — in the field and at the plate — during the season, a 60-game schedule that he could have opted out of and still received full pay because of a chronic kidney disorder that labels him as “high-risk.”

MoBettle wrote:https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/philadelphia-phillies-didi-gregorius-kidney-disease-mask-coronavirus-20200715.html

Didi Gregorius emerged Wednesday night from the Phillies dugout with the look of a ballplayer: glove tucked under his arm, cap tugged tight, red socks pulled high. But then there was the black mask covering his nose and mouth, a reminder that Gregorius is a ballplayer in the middle of a pandemic.

He has worn his mask each day during the team’s summer camp, one of the handful of Phillies who have played with a protective face covering. And Gregorius committed Wednesday to wearing his mask — in the field and at the plate — during the season, a 60-game schedule that he could have opted out of and still received full pay because of a chronic kidney disorder that labels him as “high-risk.”

LastTrain wrote:

MoBettle wrote:https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/philadelphia-phillies-didi-gregorius-kidney-disease-mask-coronavirus-20200715.html

Didi Gregorius emerged Wednesday night from the Phillies dugout with the look of a ballplayer: glove tucked under his arm, cap tugged tight, red socks pulled high. But then there was the black mask covering his nose and mouth, a reminder that Gregorius is a ballplayer in the middle of a pandemic.

He has worn his mask each day during the team’s summer camp, one of the handful of Phillies who have played with a protective face covering. And Gregorius committed Wednesday to wearing his mask — in the field and at the plate — during the season, a 60-game schedule that he could have opted out of and still received full pay because of a chronic kidney disorder that labels him as “high-risk.”

It's written in a way that makes it sound noble, and it is. He's determined to earn his $14M by playing instead of sitting at home. It's also got to be an excruciating personal decision about his future. He's on a 1-yr deal, and what team is going to take a chance signing him for 2021 if they know there's a risk it'll be for naught? So Didi has to decide if $14M is enough to finalize his retirement, or if he plays through the health risk in order to improve his chances for the next contract.

BigEd76 wrote:Tony Taylor passed away this morning. 84

swishnicholson wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Tony Taylor passed away this morning. 84

One of my favorites when I first started following the Phillies. Played everywhere in the infield, and played it well. Seemed to be loved by everyone, both in his playing days and after, a rare feat in this town. I had forgotten he'd had a stroke just after an alumni event last August.