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Astros Crawfish Boil: April 2nd, 2020

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By CKuno Apr 2, 2020, 8:50am CDT

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Astros News

The Astros foundation has pledged $400,000 for efforts to battle the COVID-19 outbreak (Astros.com)
AJ Hinch and Jeff Luhnow will be eligible to return to baseball in 2021 regardless of whether or not games are played this season (ESPN)
A Houston-area lawsuit seeking damages for 2017 season ticket holders is reaching out to Yankees and Dodgers fans to join in (Texas Sports Nation, $$$)
Here are the best Houston Athletes with jersey numbers 0 through 99 (The Athletic, $$$)

Around the League

It looks as though MLB is considering a 100-game season with a neutral site World Series (Sports Radio 610)
And here are three reactions to that proposal (Sporting News)
Superagent Scott Boras is proposing a “functional isolation” plan to return to baseball (Boston Globe)
But the one thing that baseball can’t afford is to return too soon (Sports Illustrated)
Shin-Soo Choo will donate $1,000 to each minor league player in the Rangers’ system (ESPN)
MLB has officially canceled the 2020 London Series (MLB Trade Rumors)