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The Mets are close to signing catcher Bruce Maxwell, who was the first MLB player to kneel during the national anthem, to a minor-league contract Tuesday, The Post’s Mike Puma confirmed. The 28-year-old Maxwell slashed .182/.207./309 with one home run during the 2018 season, his last in the MLB with the Athletics before he elected …

The Miami Marlins season has been paused, Marlins podcaster Craig Mish reported. The team will temporarily take a break as 15 players — half their active roster — and two coaches tested positive for coronavirus over the past few days. It is unclear how long this break will last for the Marlins, or how MLB …

The latest twist in the Miami Marlins coronavirus crisis could further imperil MLB’s schedule. The Post’s Joel Sherman confirms that a majority of Washington Nationals players voted against traveling to Miami to play a scheduled three-game series this weekend as the Marlins deal with a coronavirus outbreak within their team. The Nationals are waiting on …

The best-laid plans of mice and Roger Goodell’s men better get better. The Marlins/MLB outbreak/crisis should serve as a stark reminder that: No bubble, big trouble. The NBA, WNBA, and NHL, have had mostly early success wrapping their teams in a cocoon. The only good news out of the MLB on Monday was that none …

PHILADELPHIA — Anthony Santella, a public health scientist and health services researcher specializing in infectious disease prevention and control, recalled his reaction upon hearing of organized sports’ plans to return to action. “I was like, ‘We’re moving too fast,’” Dr. Santella, who teaches at Hofstra University, said in a telephone interview Monday. “…It was inevitable …

MLB left its cocoon and learned it may not be able to play a season. Eleven of the 33 players in the Marlins traveling party, plus two coaches, tested positive for COVID-19 while the team was in Philadelphia for the first weekend of the regular season, reiterating how contagious the virus is and how quickly …

The Miami Marlins’ coronavirus crisis is now a full-blown outbreak. The Marlins’ home opener vs. the Orioles scheduled for Monday night has been canceled, according to multiple reports. ESPN reports eight more players and two coaches tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the Marlins’ total to 14 after it was revealed on Sunday four players tested …

MLB could not make it out of the first weekend of regular-season games before facing its most significant COVID-19 challenge. The Marlins learned Saturday night that from tests administered Friday three players had tested positive for the virus, The Post has learned. An additional test was administered team-wide Sunday before a game against the Phillies …

The playoff system, in the best of years, causes debate and frustration. Should a team play 162 games and really have its season come down to one three-hour, sudden-death game? Are 10 teams too many for a postseason? Too few? There is no perfect setup, so imagine how imperfect it was going to be this …

He retired in 2012, but longtime foe Chipper Jones is still haunting the Mets. The Hall of Famer provided a Hall of Fame-level troll for his old rivals, buying a cutout of himself at Citi Field. The Mets are allowing fans to buy cutouts of themselves to fill the empty seats. During his 19-year career …