Grassmarket 2,715 Posted June 23, 2020 #31 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Player’s Union vote to commit suicide, makes an MLB Season restart anytime soon difficult. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/06/mlbpa-votes-against-mlb-season-restart-proposal.html phelps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted June 24, 2020 #32 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Fortunately the players have backed down: preseason Training restarts 1 July: actual season 23 July. 60 games then playoffs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/baseball/53161741 phelps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,527 Posted June 24, 2020 #33 Share Posted June 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Grassmarket said: Fortunately the players have backed down: preseason Training restarts 1 July: actual season 23 July. 60 games then playoffs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/baseball/53161741 tbh, they just gave up on everything... super-short season, prorated play (which means only about one third of their salary at max) and all those technical things they wanted to fight against (especially the 3-hitter rule for pitchers and they even accepted the universal DH, which is pure sacrilege to me)... the owners won under any aspects of the deal... https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-announces-2020-regular-season https://www.mlb.com/news/faq-for-2020-baseball-season p.s. now I'm really curious to see what they do with MLB.tv bmo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted June 24, 2020 #34 Share Posted June 24, 2020 25 minutes ago, phelps said: p.s. now I'm really curious to see what they do with MLB.tv I imagine something like a single flat fee for all three segments - ie pre-, regular- & post-season. Anything else would be too complicated. Maybe a seperate post-season deal at the end of September. Say €40-50 for the lot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,417 Posted June 30, 2020 #35 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Some powerful stuff right here. He is the fourth player to opt out of the 2020 season due to Covid-19 concerns. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,417 Posted July 21, 2020 #36 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Historic moment last night. bmo 1 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmo 180 Posted July 22, 2020 #37 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Season starts on Thursday with Yankees vs Nationals & Giants vs Dodgers phelps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmo 180 Posted July 22, 2020 #38 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Here are my predictions: AL EAST Yankees Rays Red Sox Blue Jays Orioles AL CENTRAL Indians Twins White Sox Royals Tigers AL WEST Astros Athletics Rangers Angels Mariners NL EAST Braves Nationals Mets Phillies Marlins NL CENTRAL Cardinals Brewers Cubs Reds Pirates NL WEST Dodgers Padres Diamondbacks Giants Rockies ALCS: Yankees def Astros NLCS: Dodgers def Braves World Series: Dodgers def Yankees Topicmaster1010 and phelps 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,527 Posted July 22, 2020 #39 Share Posted July 22, 2020 11 hours ago, bmo said: Here are my predictions: AL EAST Yankees Rays Red Sox Blue Jays Orioles AL CENTRAL Indians Twins White Sox Royals Tigers AL WEST Astros Athletics Rangers Angels Mariners NL EAST Braves Nationals Mets Phillies Marlins NL CENTRAL Cardinals Brewers Cubs Reds Pirates NL WEST Dodgers Padres Diamondbacks Giants Rockies ALCS: Yankees def Astros NLCS: Dodgers def Braves World Series: Dodgers def Yankees my 2 cents... AL EAST Yankees Rays Blue Jays Red Sox Orioles AL CENTRAL Indians Twins White Sox Royals Tigers AL WEST Athletics Angels Astros Mariners Rangers NL EAST Nationals Phillies Braves Mets Marlins NL CENTRAL Cubs Brewers Cardinals Pirates Reds NL WEST Dodgers Diamondbacks Giants Padres Rockies ALCS: Yankees def Indians NLCS: Dodgers def Nationals World Series: Yankees def Dodgers...and yes, it's 100% scramantic Topicmaster1010 and bmo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,417 Posted July 23, 2020 #40 Share Posted July 23, 2020 phelps 1 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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