Will The MLB Suspend The 2020 season

[Thunder]

@joonlee

Rangers outfielder Shin-Soo Choo is giving $1,000 to around 190 players in the team's farm system due to the shutdown

 

"Minor league players are the future of our organization. I just hope that they can fight through and overcome this difficult time."

 

The right thing to do by a guy whose name sounds like a sneeze

[Elktonnick]

The right thing to do by a guy whose name sounds like a sneeze

I'd love to see Sale and Syndergaard make a similar gesture. God knows they can afford it.

[mvp 78]

Just filed to @ap_sports: Rockies INF Daniel Murphy has donated $100,000 to @mtb_org to help minor league players make ends meet with the season on hold.

 

Joins Shin-Soo Choo, Adam Wainwright as MLBers making significant $ contributions to help MiLBers.

[paranoia]

I hope they still have at least a partial season.

[Fan_since_Boggs]

Based on the way things are going, I doubt there is a baseball season this year. I don't think life returns to normal until they come up with a vaccine. They are trying to fast track a vaccine and they will probably get it right--too many smart people are working on it. I'm predicting vaccines are available late fall, and we get an abbreviated football season and no baseball until 2021 Spring Training. The NBA and NHL will also cancel.

[Hitch]

Lets face the reality here . There is a very strong possibility that there will not be any MLB games this year . And it gets stronger every day. The NFL and college football are no sure thing either.

 

There's almost zero chance there's any games this year. At least none with any fan in the stadium.

 

Nice to seem players stepping up and supplying cash to the lesser fortunate.

[mvp 78]

Happy Home Opener Day!

[mvp 78]

Home Opener - April 4, 2010

 

[Thunder]

[Thunder]

Home Opener - April 4, 2010

 

 

Josh Beckett and Joba Chamberlain. Two names I didn't think I needed to hear today

[Kimmi]

I'd love to see Sale and Syndergaard make a similar gesture. God knows they can afford it.

 

That would be nice. A donation to a hospital in a hot spot would be nice also.

[Kimmi]

Just filed to @ap_sports: Rockies INF Daniel Murphy has donated $100,000 to @mtb_org to help minor league players make ends meet with the season on hold.

 

Joins Shin-Soo Choo, Adam Wainwright as MLBers making significant $ contributions to help MiLBers.

 

Well done guys. Keep it coming!

[Kimmi]

I hope they still have at least a partial season.

 

That would be a big boost for all of us, I think.

[Elktonnick]

That would be nice. A donation to a hospital in a hot spot would be nice also.

That would be even better!

[S5Dewey]

Robert Kraft came through!

 

I see that he got a planeload of masks to be delivered to Boston.

 

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/02/nation/kraft-family-used-patriots-team-plane-shuttle-protective-masks-china-boston-wsj-reports/

Edited April 2, 2020 by S5Dewey

[a700hitter]

Robert Kraft came through!

 

I see that he got a planeload of masks to be delivered to Boston.

 

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/02/nation/kraft-family-used-patriots-team-plane-shuttle-protective-masks-china-boston-wsj-reports/

With the money he saved on Brady.

[notin]

With the money he saved on Brady.

 

So.... mask shortage in Tampa?

[mvp 78]

@joonlee

April 2: (1931) During an event some thought was a belated April Fools joke, 17-year-old Jackie Mitchell strikes out Babe Ruth Downwards arrow and Lou Gehrig back-to-back. A few days later, commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis voided her contract saying the sport was "too strenuous" for women

[mvp 78]

@TheOnion

Quarantined Umpire Cleans His Entire Home With Tiny Brush

[Kimmi]

Robert Kraft came through!

 

I see that he got a planeload of masks to be delivered to Boston.

 

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/02/nation/kraft-family-used-patriots-team-plane-shuttle-protective-masks-china-boston-wsj-reports/

 

Hmm. I can no longer access the Globe unless I subscribe.

 

Good job Kraft.

[mvp 78]

Hmm. I can no longer access the Globe unless I subscribe.

 

Good job Kraft.

 

That’s been for a while now.

[Swiharts Ghost]

That’s been for a while now.

 

They need to cancel all sports this year period it’s stupid and trivial to care about sports at this time is shortsighted .Go be with your families learn to live without distraction this year. 2021 should be the goal anything sooner is irresponsible and I hope no one watches or goes to games .Send your money to people in need it maybe your neighbors

[Kimmi]

That’s been for a while now.

 

I guess I haven't access the Globe often enough to use up all of my 'free reads until just now.

[a700hitter]

I guess I haven't access the Globe often enough to use up all of my 'free reads until just now.

And that reflects why they are in financial trouble. They are just not worth reading .. even for free.

[Kimmi]

They need to cancel all sports this year period it’s stupid and trivial to care about sports at this time is shortsighted .Go be with your families learn to live without distraction this year. 2021 should be the goal anything sooner is irresponsible and I hope no one watches or goes to games .Send your money to people in need it maybe your neighbors

 

I understand what you're saying about baseball being trivial in comparison to everything else going on right now. This is a great time to spend quality time with family members.

 

That said, sports can have a very positive and healing effect on people. Many, many people have said the 2013 Red Sox played a big part in helping them cope with and heal from the marathon bombings. Having sports to watch would provide a lot of people with a much needed psychological boost.

 

Now, I'm not proposing that any sports resume until it can be done very safely for all involved. But I also don't think it's stupid to hope for sports to return sooner rather than later.

[Kimmi]

And that reflects why they are in financial trouble. They are just not worth reading .. even for free.

 

I'm guessing that's the case with most of the traditional newspapers, no? Not the not worth reading part, but the financial trouble part.

[Thunder]

I'm guessing that's the case with most of the traditional newspapers, no? Not the not worth reading part, but the financial trouble part.

 

Even the not worth reading part applies to most of them, at least for someone my age

[oldtimer]

I understand what you're saying about baseball being trivial in comparison to everything else going on right now. This is a great time to spend quality time with family members.

 

That said, sports can have a very positive and healing effect on people. Many, many people have said the 2013 Red Sox played a big part in helping them cope with and heal from the marathon bombings. Having sports to watch would provide a lot of people with a much needed psychological boost.

 

Now, I'm not proposing that any sports resume until it can be done very safely for all involved. But I also don't think it's stupid to hope for sports to return sooner rather than later.

 

We have had a family member in intensive care for 12 days now and he is not responding to the specialty drugs. A young man with 2 children. There is still hope but it has been a protracted fight. I still think sports keep us occupied but this pandemic is certainly front and center in our lives. Anyone with a large family has a moderate probabily of the same experience, just based on the number of infections.

[a700hitter]

We have had a family member in intensive care for 12 days now and he is not responding to the specialty drugs. A young man with 2 children. There is still hope but it has been a protracted fight. I still think sports keep us occupied but this pandemic is certainly front and center in our lives. Anyone with a large family has a moderate probabily of the same experience, just based on the number of infections.

I'm definitely pulling for him to recover. I hope he starts to recover soon.

[mvp 78]

We have had a family member in intensive care for 12 days now and he is not responding to the specialty drugs. A young man with 2 children. There is still hope but it has been a protracted fight. I still think sports keep us occupied but this pandemic is certainly front and center in our lives. Anyone with a large family has a moderate probabily of the same experience, just based on the number of infections.

 

Damn, this is horrible to hear. So sorry.