Will The MLB Suspend The 2020 season

[Kimmi]

That’s the basic strategy before high school...

 

It's a good strategy, if you ask me.

[notin]

I think my problem with soccer has always been the lack of scoring. If there was an 'arena football' type version of soccer I might be more interested.

 

MISL (Major indoor soccer league) basically played in a hockey rink with a smaller net. The walls were in play and the pace was much much faster than NASL and FIFA leagues.

 

The league disbanded in 1992. Boston did not have a team...

[Kimmi]

I think my problem with soccer has always been the lack of scoring. If there was an 'arena football' type version of soccer I might be more interested.

 

I have never been able to get into soccer, but as you know, many other countries are rabid about it. Soccer fans are crazy.

[Kimmi]

Five Phillies players and three staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. They have temporarily closed their training facility in Clearwater, FL. The Tampa Bay Lightning have also closed their facility. These spikes may just end up keeping baseball from returning, after all that mess over money.

[Bellhorn04]

I have never been able to get into soccer, but as you know, many other countries are rabid about it. Soccer fans are crazy.

 

Yes, they are.

 

Another sport that I could never get into was cricket. I couldn't even figure out the rules! But again, many people love it.

 

And then there's rugby. Now here is a game that seems less about strategy and more about pure animal struggle and violence LOL

[Elktonnick]

Yes, they are.

 

Another sport that I could never get into was cricket. I couldn't even figure out the rules! But again, many people love it.

 

And then there's rugby. Now here is a game that seems less about strategy and more about pure animal struggle and violence LOL

 

In the British West Indies, they say that the British introduced cricket to teach the colonies the value of patience.

[notin]

In the British West Indies, they say that the British introduced cricket to teach the colonies the value of patience.

 

 

That’s because matches take days!!!!

 

It’s the only sport where - and I am not making this up - the players break for tea!

[jacksonianmarch]

Five Phillies players and three staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. They have temporarily closed their training facility in Clearwater, FL. The Tampa Bay Lightning have also closed their facility. These spikes may just end up keeping baseball from returning, after all that mess over money.

 

Yeah, I am seriously doubting the ability of a season to get underway. Even though, the likelihood is these players will be entirely fine. But the coaches and the umps are at risk. Last thing we need is half a team to be asymptomatic and Dusty Baker getting killed by this

[Thunder]

Yeah, I am seriously doubting the ability of a season to get underway. Even though, the likelihood is these players will be entirely fine. But the coaches and the umps are at risk. Last thing we need is half a team to be asymptomatic and Dusty Baker getting killed by this

 

But if Angel Hernandez get sicks and dies.....

 

 

 

Kidding of course

[jad]

So the owners, with an easy compromise at hand (65 games?) refuse to budge. Wow. Nothing quite as cool as a bad-ass billionaire. I'm sure the fans are going to love to fill the internet with support of these guys and decry the players as LOSERS! This year is clearly lost. And likely 2021 as well, since it will only be a prelude to a strike before playoff times. If the owners are trying to show how tough they are, and how they NEVER will negotiate, they've done a good job. Good luck trying to get an agreement for the new CBA, which may well put the value of their franchises at 0 come 2022.

[Elktonnick]

But if Angel Hernandez get sicks and dies.....

 

 

 

Kidding of course

 

I understand the Phillies closed their camp after a number of players and staff tested positive.

[notin]

But if Angel Hernandez get sicks and dies.....

 

 

 

Kidding of course

 

Well, he’s already dead inside...

[SoxHop]

I don't want no half ass season. Personally, I'd like it better to just look at this year as a loss for baseball. Find other things to do. Wait till we have a kickass 2021 full on season.

[jad]

Five Phillies players and three staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. They have temporarily closed their training facility in Clearwater, FL. The Tampa Bay Lightning have also closed their facility. These spikes may just end up keeping baseball from returning, after all that mess over money.

 

23 Clemson football players also tested positive. It's going to be very hard to pull off team sports this fall with numbers like that. The NBA probably has the best chance. As for ... what was that sport? The one with billionaire owners and guys with bats? ... I forget.

Edited June 20, 2020 by jad

[Kimmi]

Yes, they are.

 

Another sport that I could never get into was cricket. I couldn't even figure out the rules! But again, many people love it.

 

And then there's rugby. Now here is a game that seems less about strategy and more about pure animal struggle and violence LOL

 

I'm not sure that I have ever watched a cricket or a rugby match. Or are they called games? I have a friend who has repeatedly tried to explain the game of cricket to me, and it just doesn't comprehend. LOL

[Kimmi]

Yeah, I am seriously doubting the ability of a season to get underway. Even though, the likelihood is these players will be entirely fine. But the coaches and the umps are at risk. Last thing we need is half a team to be asymptomatic and Dusty Baker getting killed by this

 

Yeah, that would be horrible. Some more players have tested positive, two from the Angels and one from the Astros, I believe.

 

MLB is now reconsidering the "bubble" approach to the season where they play all of their games in a centralized location. The problem is that the two places they were considering, AZ and FL, are two places that are seeing some of the largest spikes.

[Kimmi]

23 Clemson football players also tested positive. It's going to be very hard to pull off team sports this fall with numbers like that. The NBA probably has the best chance. As for ... what was that sport? The one with billionaire owners and guys with bats? ... I forget.

 

Yikes! I don't know what protocols college football has in place as far as testing and isolation, but IMO, I think that leagues are really going to have to limit travel and keep players more or less quarantined. All of this movement and interaction with the general public is not going to keep the infection out. Once it gets into a training facility, it will likely spread very quickly due to the nature of sports.

[Kimmi]

Yeah, that would be horrible. Some more players have tested positive, two from the Angels and one from the Astros, I believe.

 

MLB is now reconsidering the "bubble" approach to the season where they play all of their games in a centralized location. The problem is that the two places they were considering, AZ and FL, are two places that are seeing some of the largest spikes.

 

Also, MLB is shutting down spring camps to reestablish protocols.

[Kimmi]

The latest on the negotiations is that the owners are not going to make a counter proposal from their current 60 game season. (How many times have we heard that a side is not going to make a counter proposal?) So apparently, it will either be 60 games agreed upon or 50 games mandated by Manfred, who is not back on his 'there will be a season' mantra. Good grief.

 

The cluster$#!% just keeps getting worse and worse.

 

I was really hopeful for a season. Now with the coronavirus spikes in many areas, I don't think it's going to happen.

[Elktonnick]

The latest on the negotiations is that the owners are not going to make a counter proposal from their current 60 game season. (How many times have we heard that a side is not going to make a counter proposal?) So apparently, it will either be 60 games agreed upon or 50 games mandated by Manfred, who is not back on his 'there will be a season' mantra. Good grief.

 

The cluster$#!% just keeps getting worse and worse.

 

I was really hopeful for a season. Now with the coronavirus spikes in many areas, I don't think it's going to happen.

I think the logistical challenges are simply too great to make any season likely now.

[Thunder]

In March I was saying that I didn't want a season at all, but that was for an entirely different reason. I still don't want a season. It just isn't worth it. Keep everybody healthy, and make 2021 even better.

[notin]

I'm not sure that I have ever watched a cricket or a rugby match. Or are they called games? I have a friend who has repeatedly tried to explain the game of cricket to me, and it just doesn't comprehend. LOL

 

 

I can explain cricket so you’ll understand.

 

A team consists of several very well dressed players headlined by one called a “bowler”.

 

The bowler is like a pitcher

 

Before he bowls/pitches, quickly change the channel and watch baseball. Or any sport not played by people wearing sweaters...

[Thunder]

I can explain cricket so you’ll understand.

 

A team consists of several very well dressed players headlined by one called a “bowler”.

 

The bowler is like a pitcher

 

Before he bowls/pitches, quickly change the channel and watch baseball. Or any sport not played by people wearing sweaters...

 

I played cricket one time at summer camp when they were doing some sort of diversity day. I certainly didn't hate it, and I was pretty good since it combines the hand eye coordination of baseball with running, two things I'm above average at.

 

At UConn, I'm friends with this guy who started a Cricket Club with his roommate. I don't have the time to participate, but it certainly looks fun

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

I can explain cricket so you’ll understand.

 

A team consists of several very well dressed players headlined by one called a “bowler”.

 

The bowler is like a pitcher

 

Before he bowls/pitches, quickly change the channel and watch baseball. Or any sport not played by people wearing sweaters...

 

I already do that. But my wife and kid complain that it takes too long because I open and close the velcro on my remote gloves three times before I change a channel.

[Thunder]

I can explain cricket so you’ll understand.

 

A team consists of several very well dressed players headlined by one called a “bowler”.

 

The bowler is like a pitcher

 

Before he bowls/pitches, quickly change the channel and watch baseball. Or any sport not played by people wearing sweaters...

 

That was an unnecessary shot at golf, good sir. I feel triggered

[notin]

That was an unnecessary shot at golf, good sir. I feel triggered

 

 

Ah but golfers do wear better pants than cricketeers..,

[jad]

Florida numbers, predictably!, rising far too rapidly for the state to repress with feel-good comments or by firing scientists. Their plan now seems to be to fill up all the hospitals so that they can get to 0 admissions. Not a good sign for those of us who would like to see the NBA, football, or that other summer sport, have a season.

[dgalehouse]

Cricket, like baseball , is unique in its style and rules . The other major team sports all have the same , war like , premise . Two opposing armies, trying to penetrate and break down the opponent's defense , while defending their own territory and home.

[notin]

Cricket, like baseball , is unique in its style and rules . The other major team sports all have the same , war like , premise . Two opposing armies, trying to penetrate and break down the opponent's defense , while defending their own territory and home.

 

 

That description seems more fitting for football/rugby...

[moonslav59]

I'm at the point where I'm fed up with all the nonsense.

 

I could careless about the 2020 MLB season.