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MLB Imposes 60 Game Season, Spring Training 2.0 Starts in 7 Days

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if we're looking for maximum funkery, the pirates would be one of the funniest teams to win the fake covid championship

 

other good candidates:

 

mets

indians

athletics

dodgers

17 Seconds Chicago Cubs

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Also is expecting (hoping?) for limited fans in the stands at some point (in 2020).

 

"We are at a point where we believe we can bring some portion of our fan base back to Wrigley field," Kenney said on ESPN 1000 on Thursday morning.

 

When fans are allowed back into Wrigley Field, Kenney envisions capacity at about 8,000 with a yet-to-be determined system of distributing tickets. Priority is likely to be given to season-ticket holders. MLB is allowing advertising throughout the stands but Kenney says they won't "trick out" the park. Artificial fan noise -- until the real thing can be heard -- is a possibility.

 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29364589/cubs-president-crane-kenney-envisions-fans-stands-rooftops

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I do not seem to be in the majority on this thread, and heaven knows that I enjoy watching baseball, but there should not be a season this year.
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Having a season doesn't bother me. If you take reasonable precautions, the chances of transmission chains happening because of playing an outdoor sport should be pretty slim. Some players are going to inevitably test positive, but some players would test positive without playing too.
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Having a season doesn't bother me. If you take reasonable precautions, the chances of transmission chains happening because of playing an outdoor sport should be pretty slim. Some players are going to inevitably test positive, but some players would test positive without playing too.

 

I saw a poll on twitter a while back that asked whether it was worth it to have a baseball season was worth it if just ONE person was going to die as a result. Most people, including myself, said no.

 

Of course, there are fatalities that happen due to baseball. A fan might fall trying to catch a ball (or after having too much to drink). Somebody might get hit in the head with a bat or a ball accidentally. These things happen, and it's just the risk we take by going out the door every morning. By going to these places, we are accepting the 1 in a million possibility that it might be us that gets hurt.

 

If it's just a matter of accepting that risk, I'm okay with having a baseball season.

 

My issue is that most of the risk isn't being shouldered by the coaches, players, and fans. Most of the risk is that somebody will get sick at one of these events, and then come home and spread it to their families, their coworkers, etc... and those people will spread it as well. People far removed from the chain of decision-making will be the ones bearing the brunt of the cost. Something about that doesn't sit right with me.

Bertz Knoxville Smokies

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Summer Camp would have been better than ST 2.0.

 

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To me, the two surprises are the inclusion of Chris Morel and the exclusion of some arms like Abbott. The latter is probably more of a "not yet" since they've only confirmed 50 of the 60 spots. Probably still trying to find the right balance of upper level higher probability arms like Keegan Thompson and Tyson Miller versus lower level stuff guys like Jensen and McAvene.

 

For Morel, this obviously is a positive sign. I take it the org thinks he's closer to the top 5 of our org than the 10-15 range he's generally shown up in. I take it he really showed something in ST before things got called off.

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I take it Morrow is hurt again? Maybe he will show up when the rest are announced

It was buried in a Sharma article last week, he’s not playing this year. He’s a type 1 diabetic and is probably being safe about potentially exposing himself to the virus seems to be the reason.

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Having a season doesn't bother me. If you take reasonable precautions, the chances of transmission chains happening because of playing an outdoor sport should be pretty slim. Some players are going to inevitably test positive, but some players would test positive without playing too.

 

I saw a poll on twitter a while back that asked whether it was worth it to have a baseball season was worth it if just ONE person was going to die as a result. Most people, including myself, said no.

 

Of course, there are fatalities that happen due to baseball. A fan might fall trying to catch a ball (or after having too much to drink). Somebody might get hit in the head with a bat or a ball accidentally. These things happen, and it's just the risk we take by going out the door every morning. By going to these places, we are accepting the 1 in a million possibility that it might be us that gets hurt.

 

If it's just a matter of accepting that risk, I'm okay with having a baseball season.

 

My issue is that most of the risk isn't being shouldered by the coaches, players, and fans. Most of the risk is that somebody will get sick at one of these events, and then come home and spread it to their families, their coworkers, etc... and those people will spread it as well. People far removed from the chain of decision-making will be the ones bearing the brunt of the cost. Something about that doesn't sit right with me.

 

I hate this entire line of arguments because everyone *knows* they don't really live their life by the "if there's even a chance one person could die, we must shut it all down" standard, and they're just *daring* me to be the never-diagnosed-but-everyone-knows aspie who points that out.

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Having a season doesn't bother me. If you take reasonable precautions, the chances of transmission chains happening because of playing an outdoor sport should be pretty slim. Some players are going to inevitably test positive, but some players would test positive without playing too.

 

I saw a poll on twitter a while back that asked whether it was worth it to have a baseball season was worth it if just ONE person was going to die as a result. Most people, including myself, said no.

 

Of course, there are fatalities that happen due to baseball. A fan might fall trying to catch a ball (or after having too much to drink). Somebody might get hit in the head with a bat or a ball accidentally. These things happen, and it's just the risk we take by going out the door every morning. By going to these places, we are accepting the 1 in a million possibility that it might be us that gets hurt.

 

If it's just a matter of accepting that risk, I'm okay with having a baseball season.

 

My issue is that most of the risk isn't being shouldered by the coaches, players, and fans. Most of the risk is that somebody will get sick at one of these events, and then come home and spread it to their families, their coworkers, etc... and those people will spread it as well. People far removed from the chain of decision-making will be the ones bearing the brunt of the cost. Something about that doesn't sit right with me.

 

I hate this entire line of arguments because everyone *knows* they don't really live their life by the "if there's even a chance one person could die, we must shut it all down" standard, and they're just *daring* me to be the never-diagnosed-but-everyone-knows aspie who points that out.

 

Again, that's not the part that bothers me. The part that bothers me is the one where the people taking the risks aren't necessarily the same people paying the price.

 

I dunno. I'm fully willing to admit that I may be wrong about this one. But as I said, the whole situation just doesn't sit right with me. Maybe that's normal for a pandemic? This is my first, so I'm not entirely sure how I'm supposed to feel.

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Padres trade a PTBNL for Jorge Mateo of the A's

 

I was hoping the Cubs would be interested for the same role Ian Miller might get. Miller probably makes more sense anyway as an RHH OF and Hoerner as a SS/2B possible OF. Mateo's out of options anyway so could become available again pretty easily maybe for cheaper

Weird how players who suck can be so cheap.

Andy GOAT

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He might actually just be horsefeathering stupid, saying this when the players retain the right to file a grievance

Bertz Knoxville Smokies

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There's been some speculation that Mike Trout might opt out of 2020 season, and this quote certainly makes it seem like that's a possibility:

 

 

Meanwhile...uhh Joe:

 

https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1279085563031650304

 

Update:

 

Boob deleted his tweet because it was very misleading. Here is the quote in its proper context:

 

 

Horsefeathering christ that's bad even by Nightengale standards.

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