Olympics, Replay, and Blackouts...

[apete6]

...all in 1 article. Good times.

 

MLB trying to get baseball back into the Olympics for 2016 (hopefully at Wrigley!)

 

Trying to work out the kinks with replay.

 

And they are looking into the blackout thing and look like they are only going to black out teams from Extra Innings if they are being broadcast locally. Hooray!

 

Also, Peter MacGowan off the Executive Council after 16 years of service, probably finally got sick of watching a bad team and making bad personnel decisions.

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080813&content_id=3304739&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

[Ding Dong Johnson]

if the Cubs are still at Wrigley, I don't think anyone would want to see the Olympics held there. a 2 week road trip isn't all that desirable

[jersey cubs fan]

if the Cubs are still at Wrigley, I don't think anyone would want to see the Olympics held there. a 2 week road trip isn't all that desirable

 

If baseball is back in the olympics, and in Chicago, I would bet MLB goes on some sort of 1.5-week long all-star break that season. Teams take 4 days now, what's another 7? Eliminate a couple games from the schedule, plan a couple day/night doubleheaders, start a couple days early (Saturday instead of Monday) and end a couple days later.

[erik316wttn]

I'm thinking Chicago won't get the 2016 games. Rio seems to be the front-runner at this point, especially since the Games have never been held in South America.

[apete6]

if the Cubs are still at Wrigley, I don't think anyone would want to see the Olympics held there. a 2 week road trip isn't all that desirable

 

Even if they don't have baseball, the Cubs and Sox would likely be out of town for 2 or 3 weeks anyway. The Braves still had Fulton County Stadium in 1996, but went on a long road trip to avoid the Olympics.