Umpires union steps 支援する from West's opinion on COVID-19
The Major League Baseball Umpires 協会 on Thursday distanced itself from comments made by 退役軍人 umpire Joe West in regard to the coronavirus pandemic.
The MLBUA 声明, which did not について言及する West by 指名する, says the union "fully supports" the safety 議定書s agreed to by Major League Baseball and the MLB Players 協会. It also said that "関わりなく any umpire's personal 見解（をとる）s, when we 報告（する）／憶測 for a 再開するd spring training and 2020 season, we will 行為／行う ourselves as professionals and in 一致 with the health and safety 議定書."
The 声明 comes two days after the published comments of West, who 反抗するd health 専門家s and the 中心s for 病気 支配（する）／統制する by casting 疑問s on the ウイルス' 脅し level.
"I don't believe in my heart that all these deaths have been from the coronavirus," West, 67, told The 運動競技の. "I believe it may have 与える／捧げるd to some of the deaths.
"I said, `I'm not going to 選ぶ out. I'm going to work. And I'm going to work until you take me off the field or I get 傷つける, whatever. I'm working.'"
The CDC places West and all Americans age 65 or older into a high-危険 group for the ウイルス.
West has worked 5,310 career games, which 階級s second かつてない behind 法案 Klem's 5,375 games.
Umpires are scheduled to arrive at （軍の）野営地，陣営s on Friday and will work bullpen 開会／開廷／会期s and intrasquad games once they （疑いを）晴らす 実験（する）ing, によれば ESPN's 足緒 Rogers.
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