With no season in summer 2020 thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, teams are dealing with effects that go beyond what takes place between the foul lines.
Announcement yesterday of the p- g-c-b-l season being cancelled for this summer - the moha valley diamodawgs - utica blue sox adirondacktraia outlaws are left looking at good evening!
With the announcement yesterday of the p- g-c-b-l season being cancelled for this summer - the mohawk valley diamonddawgs - utica blue sox - adirondack trail blazers and oneonta outlaws are left looking at a very different summer.
League owners made the unanimous decision to forgo the 2020 campaign after being in contact through weekly conference call meetings.
For the diamond dawgs - they're coming off another strong season where they went 29-17 - and finished third in the east division.
It'll be a big void for the city of little falls without the two-time league champions competing at veterans memorial park.
Although this causes heavy hearts for the front office staff and players...the team says it was a tough decision that had to be made.
Travis heiser: not having the season this year is obviously very disappointing but i think with the current situation that were in as a league and as an ownership group we did what we thought was best for not only our players but our fans and our sponsors and everybody in our community that is going through a tough time and we want to honor their safety first and foremost.
For the blue sox - it was a big summer in 2019.
At 30-16 - utica had the second best record in the league and captured the west division title.
Looking forward to building on that here in 2020 - they'll now have to wait until 2021 to do so.
The blue sox say all across the league - and within their own organization - this situation has a large affect beyond what you see on the field.
Cooper deck: it has a lot of ramifications for the players we had a huge internship staff to who are not going to get an opportunity to start broadcasting and get into sports management and add that to their resume so overall the layers just keep going with how this pandemic is affected not only players but also the staff, the people in the organization, the people behind the scenes that you really don't know exist that really make the show happen.
Both teams have said they have committed to bringing back players intended to be on this year's rosters - for next summer.
They say due to this year's void - 2021 will be a special year for the
With no season in summer 2020 thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, teams are dealing with effects that go beyond what takes place..