Will The MLB Suspend The 2020 season

[Kimmi]

I agree. As a matter of comparison, a couple of years ago a ST game was rained out and the ticket money for that game was immediately returned to my credit card.

I can say this for sure... If they decide to hold more ST games and then try to make the March tickets valid for the later games with no refunds available I'm going to be a very unhappy camper!

 

They should absolutely give the patrons the choice between getting their money back or getting a credit. If that is too much of a hassle, for whatever reason, they should give refunds to everyone.

 

I would be very upset also if I were in your shoes and didn't get a refund.

[Kimmi]

He’s interpreting it that way. It doesn’t mean they’ll refund the ticket.

 

If that's the case, I completely agree with you that it's a crappy policy.

[Kimmi]

Teams aren't playing, so should game tickets be refunded?

 

With fans facing economic hardship due to COVID-19 why are #MLB teams and #StubHub not making cash refunds to fans that have ask for them?

#BaseballandtheLaw Refunds, 826–31, 837–38. 854-55

 

Because "league could lose approximately $2.862 billion in gate receipts with no fans or canceled season".

[S5Dewey]

I was refunded my ST money this week.

 

He’s interpreting it that way. It doesn’t mean they’ll refund the ticket.

 

???

[mvp 78]

???

 

ST and regular season tickets aren't being treated the same way. The ST games will not be made up. MLB hasn't decided on what to do about regular season tickets.

 

My ST money was from the Astros, not the Sox.

[mvp 78]

Because "league could lose approximately $2.862 billion in gate receipts with no fans or canceled season".

 

It's not their $2.862B. It's the fans and it needs to go back to them. You know, so that they can buy groceries.

[Kimmi]

It's not their $2.862B. It's the fans and it needs to go back to them. You know, so that they can buy groceries.

 

I completely agree with you. I'm just saying that that's the reason why the teams don't want to refund it.

[mvp 78]

@GetUpESPN

"It seems like it's going to be Arizona or bust for Major League Baseball."

 

@JeffPassan

on the MLB happening this season.

[Thunder]

@GetUpESPN

"It seems like it's going to be Arizona or bust for Major League Baseball."

 

@JeffPassan

on the MLB happening this season.

 

Figured. God's decade long rampage on the Yankees lives on!

[mvp 78]

ZIPS did a projection of 112 game season for AZ/FL leagues. Boston was in 10th place at .500 right behind the Cards and Phillies.

[mvp 78]

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/projecting-the-cactus-grapefruit-league-standings/

[mvp 78]

@PeteAbe

Sox are doing a Zoom call with Ron Roenicke and pitching coach Dave Bush.

 

Roenicke believes there will be a baseball season, which was nice to hear.

[notin]

ZIPS did a projection of 112 game season for AZ/FL leagues. Boston was in 10th place at .500 right behind the Cards and Phillies.

 

But did they figure on 2020 Grapefruit League MVP Alex Verdugo?

[mvp 78]

But did they figure on 2020 Grapefruit League MVP Alex Verdugo?

 

With a broken freakin' back!

[notin]

With a broken freakin' back!

 

That’s what makes him so remarkable!

[notin]

ZIPS did a projection of 112 game season for AZ/FL leagues. Boston was in 10th place at .500 right behind the Cards and Phillies.

 

If all the games are played in Florida and/or Arizona, weather becomes much less of a factor in playing into November and really, even December...

[mvp 78]

If all the games are played in Florida and/or Arizona, weather becomes much less of a factor in playing into November and really, even December...

 

It’s honestly a bigger problem for outdoor games in July and August (PM rain and 90 degrees every day).

[Kimmi]

MLB Participating In Coronavirus Study

By Connor Byrne | April 14, 2020 at 7:55pm CDT

 

Major League Baseball is doing its part to find a cure for the devastating coronavirus. Twenty-seven of the league’s 30 teams are participating in a study which could test around 10,000 people for coronavirus antibodies, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN.com. Stanford University, the University of Southern California and the Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory are running the study.

 

“This is the first study of national scope where we’re going to get a read on a large number of communities throughout the United States to understand how extensive the spread of the virus has been,” Stanford Dr. Jay Bhattacharya stated (via Passan), adding: “Why MLB versus other employers? I’ve reached out to others, but MLB moved by far the fastest. They’ve been enormously cooperative and flexible. We’re trying to set up a scientific study that would normally take years to set up, and it’s going to be a matter of weeks.”

 

Bhattacharya hopes to get the results by week’s end, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic relays. It’s unclear which teams aren’t partaking in this study, but we have confirmation of some of those that are in the mix. The Pirates (via Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette), the Mariners (Greg Johns of MLB.com tweets), the Tigers (according to Jason Beck of MLB.com), the Athletics and Giants (Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle notes), the Astros (per Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle) the Phillies (Scott Lauber of the Philadelphia Inquirer relays) and both New York clubs (Tim Healey of Newsday reports) are among those lending a hand.

 

It’s clear that the league would stand to benefit financially from baseball returning as soon as possible, but it doesn’t seem that’s its primary focus in taking part in this study. Rather, Dr. Daniel Eichner – the president of Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory – told Passan: “MLB did not partner with us for any selfish reason to get their sport back sooner. They jumped in for public health policy. That was their intention and their only intention.”

 

 

 

I'm not buying the part about MLB doing this only for the public health policy, but regardless, good on MLB for participating in this study and acting so quickly with their response. Antibody testing could be a huge factor in beating this virus.

[Kimmi]

It’s honestly a bigger problem for outdoor games in July and August (PM rain and 90 degrees every day).

 

Recent opinion seems to be that the games will be played in AZ only so that the divisions won't have to be realigned. The hope is that the league will start off playing all games in AZ, but eventually go back to playing in all stadiums, though still without fans. I'm not sure how feasible that plan is due to the all the travel that would be required.

[mvp 78]

Dr Fauci supports the MLB to AZ plan.

[notin]

Dr Fauci supports the MLB to AZ plan.

 

I'm picking him first in my fantasy league...

[Swiharts Ghost]

I'm picking him first in my fantasy league...

 

Yeah no thanks that guy is a Gates foundation VaX pusher he’s loving his 3 minutes of fame and is holding this country back from reopening.I would rather see Bucky Dent As a Redsox than that frog .

[notin]

Yeah no thanks that guy is a Gates foundation VaX pusher he’s loving his 3 minutes of fame and is holding this country back from reopening.I would rather see Bucky Dent As a Redsox than that frog .

 

Is there an emoji that just says “ooooookaaaaay” while slowly backing away?

[Swiharts Ghost]

Is there an emoji that just says “ooooookaaaaay” while slowly backing away?

 

If you want to crawl under a rock and rot listen to the Frog .If Not grow a pair and listen to Ben Carson .

[notin]

If you want to crawl under a rock and rot listen to the Frog .If Not grow a pair and listen to Ben Carson .

 

Was this message directed at me or Donald Trump?

[mvp 78]

Happy 13th Anniversary to “here comes the pizza!”

[mvp 78]

@MandyBell02

Terry Francona: "I've watched every Netflix program there is. I'm out of Netflix. I admit, I miss baseball."

[S5Dewey]

Happy 13th Anniversary to “here comes the pizza!”

 

I happened to be there for that. It was Patriot's day and I was sitting in the grandstand looking straight down the 3rd baseline. When the whole pizza thing happened not many people in the stands (me included) knew what had happened, only that there was some kind of a skirmish near the jut-out down the 3B line. It was only after we got back to the hotel and turned on the TV that I was able to see what happened.

 

That's one disadvantage to being at a game - when something unusual happens you often times don't know about it until later.

[Thunder]

@MandyBell02

Terry Francona: "I've watched every Netflix program there is. I'm out of Netflix. I admit, I miss baseball."

 

Has he watched the Netflix special about chewing giant wads?

[Thunder]

I happened to be there for that. It was Patriot's day and I was sitting in the grandstand looking straight down the 3rd baseline. When the whole pizza thing happened not many people in the stands (me included) knew what had happened, only that there was some kind of a skirmish near the jut-out down the 3B line. It was only after we got back to the hotel and turned on the TV that I was able to see what happened.

 

That's one disadvantage to being at a game - when something unusual happens you often times don't know about it until later.

 

Not so much a problem nowadays, at least for my generation, with social media. I check Instagram and Twitter (before I deleted it) multiple times during games