MLB Suspending All Operations

[G-Fafif]

Goodbye baseball -- literally.

[G-Fafif]

Jeff Passan: ST suspending, regular season opening delayed.

[seawolf17]

Probably for the best for now.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Hopefully the sale of the Mets is not also suspended.



Signed,

Mr. Brightside

[Lefty Specialist]

More time for Conforto to recover.



Outside of that, I got nothin'.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Outside of that, I got nothin'.

I got dozens and dozens of unreleased Batman cards. Last year, I predicted I wouldn't finish the set before the 2020 season starts, but who knows now? It's total havoc now.

[Edgy MD]

I think we need to have a We Won Today book club meeting.

[G-Fafif]

“At least two weeks” of regular season.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Would be cool if the Tuesday Night Mets Club winds up with opening night tickets by mistake when they purchased the specifically because they were chap and held such little demand

[Frayed Knot]

I can't see them making up the lost games ... not two week's worth. That would require either LOTS of DH's which neither players nor owners want or essentially ZERO off days once they get going.

So we're almost certainly looking at a shortened season, the only question remains: how short?

[MFS62]

Say it ain't so, [CROSSOUT]Joe [/CROSSOUT]Greg.

Later

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

130-140 is my guess. Season starts on or around April 30

[MFS62]

And wives everywhere are preparing "honey-do" lists because the husbands can't say "not now, I'm watching a game". (as my wife just mentioned to me)

Later

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: I can't see them making up the lost games ... not two week's worth. That would require either LOTS of DH's which neither players nor owners want or essentially ZERO off days once they get going. So we're almost certainly looking at a shortened season, the only question remains: how short?

Maybe, but they made up everything in 2001. What was that? Ten days?

[ashie62]

Is it really worth trying to make up so many games?? For what purpose? Because they can?

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: I can't see them making up the lost games ... not two week's worth. That would require either LOTS of DH's which neither players nor owners want or essentially ZERO off days once they get going. So we're almost certainly looking at a shortened season, the only question remains: how short? Maybe, but they made up everything in 2001. What was that? Ten days?

Which they did by extending that season for a week and pushing, for the first time, the post-season into November.

But these days that's the default schedule so will they go into the second/third week of November? I don't see that either.

[bmfc1]

If they want to reschedule the division games they can get rid of the interleague games. I'd be fine with that.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

The first weeks of the season have a lot of off days. I can see them making those games up during the season and maybe some extra time at the end. World Series in a warm weather, neutral site?

[Willets Point]

ESPN and Fox Sports are going to have show kids playing sports games on PlayStation soon.

[Frayed Knot]

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If they want to reschedule the division games they can get rid of the interleague games. I'd be fine with that.

[Frayed Knot]

Willets Point wrote: ESPN and Fox Sports are going to have show kids playing sports games on PlayStation soon.

I think they may already do that.



At least with all the holes in their schedule due to these college conference games canceled, ESPN might finally find some time to speculate as to where Tom Brady will wind up.

[Willets Point]

I'd rather watch kids play video games.

[Edgy MD]

Doesn't Jeff Wilpon own a team in the Overwatch League?



I think SNY may be set.

[Fman99]

I could really care less about the suspension of March Madness or the NHL or the NBA. But, fuck, taking my baseball away, that's the worst. Will it even really be spring?

[seawolf17]

=ashie62 post_id=33334 time=1584050434 user_id=90]
Is it really worth trying to make up so many games?? For what purpose? Because they can?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I gotta say there's a karmic comeuppance somewhere in the delay of a season that was starting obscenely early and leaden with a bunch of stupid new rules that nobody knows how are to work out and the sport smarting from who knows how much cheating scandals.



If I were an owner, I'd make Manfred walk the plank now just for the appearance of a clean slate but I'm sure they'll have him stick around long enough to complete the tasks of screwing over the minor leagues and the MLBPA.

[MFS62]

This just made Cespedes about $5 million - now he should be ready to be on the major league roster when the season starts.

And it will give Conforto more time to heal, he won't feel anxious to rush back.

See, there's a bright side to everyth.... who am I fooling? This sucks.



Later

[Ceetar]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: If I were an owner, I'd make Manfred walk the plank now just for the appearance of a clean slate but I'm sure they'll have him stick around long enough to complete the tasks of screwing over the minor leagues and the MLBPA.

Manfred's probably been an overall benefit to the owners though. I bet a bunch of them don't like baseball either. And a shortened season might be a boon for them too, as more teams probably stay competitive 'longer' plus pure counting stats look lower in negotiations, etc. We've already established basic attendance in the park is a small factor of their riches, and I doubt they're giving back cable money to broadcast the games unless it really gets super-shortened.

[TransMonk]

Two years ago when I was worrying about Trump's effect on American life, I remember thinking, "well, things can't be too bad because they are still playing baseball".



I know this isn't all his fault, but, fuck.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Stockholmskontoret har meddelat att den fräcka säkerhetsvakten har testat antagande positivt för coronavirus, och som ett resultat kommer kontoret att saneras under helgen. Anställda som har förmågan att arbeta hemifrån uppmuntras att göra det. Maja, som alltid håller mer än sex meter från den freaky säkerhetsvakten, har beslutat att själv karantän ändå. Det förväntas också att det kommer att finnas färre Mets-relaterade tabloidomslag 2020, och att det sjätte årliga Tabloid Cover Derby troligen kommer att förkortas.