Kimmi

I've been wondering about the progress of your niece's son-in-law, so I'm glad you gave us an update, but more importantly, I'm glad to hear that he is recovering well. That's terrific news to have him off the ventilator, finally! Hopefully, he will get to go home soon. And yes, amidst all the bad news that we've been surrounded with, there are many good things happening as well.

Sorry, but none of what you're posting shows that clutch exists.

The shame about ARod is that he was good enough that he didn't need the steroids. The steroids alone is not the reason I dislike him. The fact that he played for the Yankees is a huge factor in my dislike of him, along with many on and off field antics, some of which you mentioned. I don't know if ARod would make my all-time team or not, but my point is that I would choose ARod over a player who is not as good as ARod, based on postseason stats or heroics. It does not exist.

Yes, ARod is very sad.

I actually did not know that he played baseball.

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), I don't have Netflix. I do like comedians who can be funny without being crude.

Haha. Good story. Your wife's vision test sounds like as reliable a test as any.

As much as I don't like the guy, I am batting prime ARod in a clutch situation over most other batters.

Hey 5GG, I appreciate your response. Obviously, the idea of 'clutch' is one that has sparked many debates and one that both sides feel very strongly about. You are far from being alone in your opinion. There was a time not too long ago that I completely agreed with you because I have been on those teams and experienced what I believed was clutch. Needless to say, I have since changed my mind.

Now that's a good one. I would never come up with something like that unless I Googled it.

Again, there are two problems for me. 1. I don't watch college football. 2. I have no idea who Jim Gaffigan is. LOL Also, I just either don't know or can't remember the names of most celebrities, especially the newer ones. I might recognize them if I saw a picture of them, but I don't know their names.

LOL He was such a snake. Just like ARod.

I don't disagree with that. I was thinking more in terms of what would happen if there is no season at all. Players won't have the chance to earn their next contracts.

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.

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.

I am wondering what effect there would be on the market for free agents if the season is canceled. Owners would lose a lot of money. Free agents would be a year older and a year removed from baseball. It seems that their market would go down, though who knows? I can't see JD opting out.

From a fan standpoint, I think most of us love Mookie and would love to have seen him play his entire career with the Red Sox. From a business standpoint, re-signing him would be a huge mistake, IMO.

I think so too.

I still don't think the Sox are going to throw that much money at Mookie while trying to reset. We have big pitching needs. BIG.

1. Yes 2. Yes 3. Yes 4. Not a chance. Anecdotal evidence not allowed.

If I'm not mistaken, if there is no season, the luxury tax penalty will not reset for the Sox. If they signed Mookie, they would likely have a hard time resetting for a few years.

I think we are all looking forward to being able to give Jacko (and other Yankees fans) a hard time again.

He died at a relatively young age. RIP Hank.

Ah. Well I had a hard time naming any who were success stories, so my chances of naming someone a little more obscure are almost nil. LOL

Two problems for me: 1. I'm not really sure what you're looking for. This kind of sounds like the same thing as your other thread. 2. I don't watch enough movies or tv to know that many celebrities, so it's hard for me to contribute. Now if you wanted to start a "Let's Learn Math" thread, I'd be all over that.