then coronavirus happened, 2020 baseball

buster posey is opting out

Also, if you can point me towards a deindexed thread,

do you have 77 access?

more details on posey:

Buster Posey and his wife are adopting identical twin girls. That is why he has missed time in camp. The twins were born prematurely and stable but will be in NICU for some time. He is opting out of the season.

— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) July 10, 2020

congrats to the olsen twins and the growing posey family

i hadn't heard about this ... pitchers can't use saliva on their fingers and then touch the ball, so they're allowed to carry a "wet rag" for the purposes of moistening their fingers. of course everyone expects they'll use it to gunk up balls:

https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2020/7/10/21175567/banned-substances-pitchers-spin-rate-four-seam

i won't hear a word against eno i miss him every day (even though i have an athletic membership)

no spitting, no hi-fives, no butt slaps

surely a butt to butt slap would be fine

baseball, but with the requiem for a dream soundtrack pumped in through the speakers

Blade Runner soundtrack

aroldis chapman gets covid19

i mean, this is just a shitshow

baseball without butt slaps is like ice hockey without skating

seeing this thought expressed with increasing frequency; it is both true and disturbing as hell

Brewers catcher Omar Narvaez: "Everybody knows the healthiest team is going to win, and we're all trying to stay healthy."

— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) July 14, 2020

wonder how many players are gonna end up permanently fucked up from getting it

puig your barve

Dunno if this is the right or good place to post this, but as many of you are likely aware, Red Sox organist Josh Kantor has been doing a daily livestream, and takes requests:

https://www.facebook.com/7thinningstretch2020/

Today's broadcast (starting around 51:00 into the stream) features a fascinating interview with Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

tonight's cardinals intrasquad game is the first to be broadcast. just dan mclaughlin, i think (who i find much more tolerable when he's by himself).

have any of you watched a game yet?

is that on mlb.tv?

i only know this:

Updated streaming information for tonight's intrasquad game:

The game will now be streamed only on https://t.co/5VUsLLPWKx.

The stream will begin at 6:55 p.m. CT. pic.twitter.com/jAsYE7PtFr

— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) July 14, 2020

cardinals.com redirects to mlb.com/cardinals, so i'm hoping my mlb.tv subscription will cover it. if not, i'll be searching for a link to the stream elsewhere and can share it here if you need one

the way that's worded suggests to me that it will be free for everyone on the cardinals site (but not necessarily shown through mlb.tv)

i'm currently watching Astros vs Astros

no need for banging the can

seemingly no audio, cuz the broadcasters have standards?

👀 @ynscspds pic.twitter.com/xYc91xfz0T

— New York Mets (@Mets) July 14, 2020

jfc the long-ass interview going on with the cardinals front office mozeliak

https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/video/cardinals-intrasquad-live-stream-1440

hey there are like ten free “spring training” games on mlb.tv today! watching the brewers blue v. golf game.

can't find the 'playing baseball' thread but yeah, hitting is hard.

Time to practice your español! I've known Miguel Sanó for a long time and I've always admired his candor. When I asked him about testing positive for COVID-19 and what was the hardest part, he said ‘crying myself to sleep in the basement, away from my family.’ Incredible honesty. https://t.co/gU3v19i5cY

— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) July 16, 2020

VHS i’ve found that doing it right usually doesn’t feel “natural”, at least if you’re not manny ramirez. it’s often about little adjustments that seem fucked up at the time, like “swing an inch lower than you think you should” etc

New info on the fake crowd noise:

* Every team is using it

* MLB is giving clubs the sounds (but teams can have their own) & a touchpad device to use it

* There are 75 effects/reactions

* MLB-provided sound is derived from audio recorded for "MLB The Show" at real MLB games https://t.co/Nl501rjSWt

— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) July 16, 2020

Will the fake stadium ambient noise have trash can banging?

Papi and his cowbell better be an option or gtfo

I hope there are pretend lines for imaginary $14 beers

I would also ask to be virtually frisked before not entering the stadium

the NYPD is ready to help

this should free them up for some extra murdering

so where are the archives for yesterday's intrasquad games on mlb.tv?

puig and gregory polanco have tested positive

Didn’t Puig literally just sign?!

apparently the contract wasn't final and now he's a FA again

wow this guy

yoinka

BREAKING: The Blue Jays have been denied approval by the Canadian government to play in Toronto amid the coronavirus pandemic. An official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press of the denial. https://t.co/vk267cZ0Wd

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 18, 2020

In a precarious house of cards, that seems like a pretty big one.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-to-reveal-blue-jays-decision-1.5654846

just go to Buffalo?

Apparently the facilities are garbage and too small for appropriate distancing etc. I read they had some other AAA fields picked out as a back-up

canada otm

^^^

also lol at how touchy mlb is about facilities when they think other people should pay to upgrade them

So I guess it will be buffalo after all!