Boise Hawks COVID-19

WHAT DO THE BOISEHAWKS AND THEGENERAL PUBLICHAVE IN COMMON?WAY MORE THANYOU MIGHT THINK...ATLEAST DURING THEPANDEMIC WE'RE ALLGOING THROUGH.I CAUGHT UP WITHTHEM TO FIND OUTHOW THEY'REHANDLING THESITUATION AND IF WESHOULD EXPECT TOSEE SOME HAWKSBASEBALL THISSEASON.IN WHAT COULD BECONSIDERED AONCE-IN-A-LIFETIMEEVENT, YOU COULDHEAD DOWN TOMEMORIAL STADIUMRIGHT NOW TO FINDABSOLUTELY NO ONE.MIKE VAN HISE,GENERAL MANAGER,BOISE HAWKS"OUR FIRSTOBJECTIVE IS THEHEALTH AND SAFETYOF OUR FANS ANDOUR STAFF, SOSTARTING RIGHTAFTER THE NBACLOSED WHICH ITHINK WAS MARCH15TH, 13TH IF I'M NOTMISTAKEN, WESTARTED WORKINGFROM HOME, WESTARTED SOCIALDISTANCING, ANDWHAT WE'VE BEENDOING IS GETTINGINTO THE CONTENTGAME AND TRYING TODO AS MUCH AS WECAN ON OUR SOCIALCHANNELS WITH OURPARTNERS."LIKE ALL SPORTS, THECORONAVIRUSPANDEMIC HAS SENTHOME BOISE HAWKSPLAYERS ANDPERSONNEL TOWORK OR TRAINFROM HOME.

FORTHE STAFF, THEY'VEMADE THENECESSARYADJUSTMENTS.MIKE"I MEAN WE'VE BEENABLE TO DO A REALLYGOOD JOB OFCREATINGWORKSTATIONS, IMEAN I HAD TO GOOUT AND GET A DESKFOR MY OWNPERSONAL SPOT BUTWITH LAPTOPS ANDMOBILE DEVICESNOW, WE'RE ABLE TOKIND OF RUN OURENTIRE OPERATIONFROM YOUR PHONEOR FROM AN IPAD ORA LAPTOP."AS FOR THE BOYS ONTHE DIAMOND WEHOPE TO BECHEERING FOR THISSEASON, WELL,WE'RE NOT EVENSURE WHO THEY AREYET AS SPRINGTRAINING WASCANCELLED NOTLONG AFTER THEYALL ARRIVED AT CAMPIN ARIZONA.MIKE"PRETTY MUCHEVERYONE IS GOINGBACK HOME.

I KNOWMAJOR LEAGUEBASEBALL HAS BEENWORKING THROUGHA BUNCH OFDIFFERENT PLANS ONHOW TO GETKICKSTARTED WITHAN ACCELERATEDSPRING TRAININGAND GETTING ASEASON STARTED SOI THINK YOU'REGOING TO STARTSEEING SOMEMOVEMENT THERERELATIVELY SOON."BUT DESPITE ALL THEUNKNOWNSSURROUNDING THETEAM'S ALREADYSHORT SEASON, THEHAWKS AREN'TSCHEDULED TO TAKETHE FIELD ATMEMORIAL STADIUMUNTIL JUNE 22ND,WHICH LINES UPPERFECTLY WITH THEGOVERNOR'STENTATIVE PLAN.MIKE"GOVERNOR LITTLEPUT TOGETHER THEFOUR PHASES ANDOUR SEASONACTUALLY POPSRIGHT IN THERE INPHASE FOUR SOOPENING DAY ISRIGHT AROUNDPHASE FOUR, THAT'SWHEN THEY AREALLOWING TO OPENTHE SPORTINGVENUES SO WE'RESTILL GOING ONTRACK."FELLOW BASEBALLFANS, THE SEASON ISIN OUR HANDS.

IF WEALL DO OUR PART TOFLATTEN THE CURVEAND BEAT THISPANDEMIC, WECOULD BE SINGINGTAKE ME OUT TO THEBALL GAME IN LESSTHAN TWO MONTHS.MIKE"WHEN THEY DECIDETHAT IT'S TIME TOMOVE FORWARDWITH NOT ONLYMAJOR LEAGUEBASEBALL BUT MINORLEAGUE BASEBALL