Major League Baseball's season is thrown into chaos after 14 members of the Miami Marlins organization tested positive for coronavirus

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The positive tests for two coaches and 12 players forced MLB to cancel two games: Miami Marlins vs. Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies. The Marlins reportedly decided via a group text to play Sunday vs. the Phillies after their starting pitcher for the afternoon and two other players had tested positive for COVID-19. As Yahoo! Sports' Dan Wetzel notes, some of this chaos was inevitable. "Without a bubble — or perhaps even with it — positive tests and flare-ups and postponements were going to occur. Anyone who didn’t think they would was delusional," he writes. "Did it have to occur this quickly though? All of this is another warning sign for sports in general. MLB began and is now dealing with a crisis. The NBA is set to begin Thursday — albeit inside the strict confines of their compound in Orlando. NFL camps open this week. NHL players reported to their bubbles in Toronto and Edmonton over the weekend. Can any of it really work? Can baseball?"