then coronavirus happened, 2020 baseball

ya - i'm more concerned about what social distancing they will be expected to practice outside of the game. are they allowed to go to bars or large gatherings? will people be delivering groceries etc for them?

excited to see dozens and dozens of pithy foul ball catch celebrations in the stands

i can't imagine jocks going to bars or motels on the road...

they should sell shirts with that covidganda on them tho

They have a red, white, and blue graphic that doubles as an eyechart. What could go wrong?

would have been better if every single line used a different font. needs more italics and underlined things as well

but really, this is what people "like" these days. the standard graphic design is just a bunch of squares inside of a larger rectangle. it's supposed to remind you of the happy feelings of browsing endless websites that also look like this. you will feel better if you see a grid of stories that never ends, some of which look better than others

https://sports.yahoo.com/report-mlb-season-could-continue-even-if-covid-outbreak-forces-teams-to-drop-out-175518718.html

good luck

where she stops, nobody knows

Ya. World Series will be decided by last man standing methinks.

WS Champion bartolo colon

the Jays are apparently heading north for training - and hopefully the season.
so fucking glad they got out of that covid dumpster of a state.

No spitting or chewing of tobacco and/or sunflower seeds

good luck usa

yikes there are some bad players at the back end of these 60-player pools

i mean the mets alone just signed gordon beckham, ryan cordell and erasmo ramirez

they just need, uh, bodies

Hearing that #Dbacks RHP Mike Leake will opt out of participating during the 2020 MLB season.

— Steve Gilbert (@SteveGilbertMLB) June 29, 2020

Flame-throwing reliever Anthony Gose is in Cleveland's pool.

https://mlb.nbcsports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2020/06/Camping-World-.jpg

joe ross and ryan zimmerman also opting out; could be it for the latter

i am ken rosenthal

Statement from Ryan Zimmerman. Not retiring. https://t.co/mVgzJCm5OT

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) June 29, 2020

Leake's service time: 10.000, the exact amount to receive a full pension. So, Walt Jocketty and Dusty Baker doing right by him in April 2010 and naming him to Opening Day roster let him make a clear-eyed decision today. https://t.co/dZCeCq4GoH

— Gabe Lacques (@GabeLacques) June 29, 2020

congrats to the tigers and spencer torkelson's armada

No. 1 overall pick Spencer Torkelson signs with @Tigers for $8,416,300 (slot value = 8,415,300). New @MLBDraft bonus record, also first No. 1 overall pick to get or top slot value in bonus-pool era. Perhaps the best all-around offensive talent to come out of Draft in 20 years.

— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) June 30, 2020

Spencer Torkelson one of those old-time baseball names

that's the first time i've heard anyone speak that highly of him

also lol at the tigers giving him exactly one thousand dollars over slot

god is there a more depressing team for the "best all-around offensive talent to come out of Draft in 20 years" to go to

usually the #1 draft pick goes to a team that is pretty depressed

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/06/30/ian-desmond-powerful-instagram-post-race-inclusion-opts-out-2020-season/

fuck yeah, ian desmond. wish he wouldn't have suppressed all that for years, but he does a very good job of making his points, now that he's talking

oic

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred on The Dan Patrick Show: “"The reality is, we weren’t going to play more than sixty games, no matter how the negotiation with the players went or any other factor”
So we dragged baseball thru the mud publicly for.. no reason? Stay baseball baseball.

— trey wingo (@wingoz) July 2, 2020

does he think that will help in next year's labor talks or something? wtf, what a dumbass

Isn't that..... an explicit admission of bad-faith negotiation?? Which would result in a successful grievance being filed?

"just to let you all know, i do NOT negotiate in good faith"

"there's actually no point in negotiating with me, is what i'm saying"

it's fine because 60 games is the healthy number but 61 games is a risk that will kill ballplayers

If it's 61, they can attach an asterisk.

i whine about the cardinals broadcasters every year. this year is going to be living hell. i don't want to hear their opinions about ANY of this stuff, like absolutely anything.

i think this is the year i finally give in and cut them off, using only the "in the ballpark" audio option. there's no crowd, there's no vendors. i don't want to hear the announcers. this year it's only the sound of the crack of the bat and whooshing noises of covid19 sweat flying around

being able to hear the players could be interesting

I was in Camden Yards around midnight and after a long rain delay once, and you could hear anything shouted anywhere in the park.

haha, and probably echoing off B&O Warehouse and back into the park, too

that’s what i think of as “the MiLB experience”

yeah i wish i got to more games in the low minors, attended by dozens

the '79-82 Mets, close enough

This was pretty good (warning: Verducci):

https://www.si.com/mlb/2020/06/22/boston-babe-ruth-1918-spanish-flu

https://i.imgur.com/tbdhVTj.gif https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/07/03/cleveland-indians-announce-plans-consider-name-change/ https://i.imgur.com/tbdhVTj.gif

As Major League Baseball teams began summer camp Friday for their first organized practices in almost four months amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, one club made news for another reason.

The Cleveland Indians acknowledged that they are ready to discuss changing their team name in the wake of news that the Washington Redskins will review theirs before the NFL’s 2020 season.

“We are committed to making a positive impact in our community and embrace our responsibility to advance social justice and equality,” the Indians said in a statement. “Our organization fully recognizes our team name is among the most visible ways in which we connect with the community. We have had ongoing discussions organizationally on these issues. The recent unrest in our community and our country has only underscored the need for us to keep improving as an organization on issues of social justice.

so 31 players, 7 staffers have tested positive

for Cleveland I suggest the Flaming Cuyahogas

I always had heard Cleveland Spiders is one name that could be considered, since there was one back in the early days of baseball.

I'd think that with the Spider logo's etc, it could work well even with the same color scheme.

Rockets From The Tombs

the good thing about the Spiders name is that it effectively outmaneuvers the people arguing they should stay with "Indians" because of tRaDItiON