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  1. Andy
    In addition, the Tweet I saw said that to account for 2 series that conflict with Pirates' home series, the Jays will be the 'home' team in road games against the Yankees and Nationals.
  2. Andy
    I think they showed the 1B ump wearing them, but the 3B ump definitely was not.
  3. Andy
    Alright, I see you, Kipnis
  4. Andy
    Can't say for sure, but spring training games are generally blackout-free.
  5. Andy
    yep, should be interesting as Pat and Ron will broadcast road games from Wrigley. Last I read Len & JD would be doing the same. I am curious about this. Will there only be one group of camera operators? Will road team announcers be limited to only talking about what the home team is currently airing? That's correct. I believe there's been talk that the teams will have some level of cooperation to help road team broadcasts.
  6. Andy

    NFL Offseason

    Andy replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports

    Speculation I've seen is that he and other memebers of the organization are on Epstein's list of clients. I haven't seen Epstein invoked but saw some speculation that there's a whole bunch of #MeToo type of guys who were quietly ushered from the organization and protected from any real consequences.
  7. Andy
    Rizzo's MRI showed rib inflammation as expected, and status for Opening Day is uncertain. If 3+ months of not playing, and dropping weight, isn't enough to make Rizzo's back functional, I guess it never will be.
  8. Andy
    Well if all the conferences go conference-only, Notre Dane will just scrimmage itself 12 times ACC has already said they'll accommodate ND, not that it matters much
  9. Andy
    No, just wishfully thinking I'd guess At the rate people are getting infected lately, maybe we'll hit that fabled mid-20s percent rate and it'll start burning out by then. Pathetically, that might be our best hope.
  10. Andy
    There won't be a CFB season. I know no one is going to admit that until they have to, but it's a little frustrating to see it go away bit by bit like Marty McFly's family photo.
  11. Andy
    He would’ve broke anyways, but horsefeathering Joe using him against the rules they allegedly set is still infuriating. He was horsefeathering awesome for his ~30 innings or whatever. He was worth almost 1 WAR for us. If you have to set special 'please don't break' usage rules for a player, you probably shouldn't sign him, and you definitely shouldn't pay him $10M per year. If pitching one inning on a third day in a row was enough to kill him for 2.5 years, then it was never going to work.
  12. Andy
    It'll still cement the possibility as real (and perceived to be more likely than it is, perhaps) and lead to pulling back. We've made long standing/permanent changes to society in reaction to plenty of unlikely events that just hadn't occurred yet before. I think seeing a player die would make players far more fearful of getting it, too, even if they can prove he didn't get it from "work." Maybe I'll end up being wildly wrong (as per usual). But remember, we're not talking about what you or I would do. At the end of the day, MLB just needs 30 billionaires, some politicians and ~750 willing baseball players. The amount of money they stand to lose if they don't have some sort of season is enormous. They didn't become billionaires by prioritizing lives over money. They shut down all of sports just because Rudy Gobert got the virus. (They ultimately would have anyway at some point, but there's no doubt that was the spark.) If someone dies, God forbid, public pressure to shut it down will be insane.
  13. Andy
    I took a refund weeks ago, a decision that apparently cost me about $15 - the price for those that don't already have it is $60. Oh well. I would advise anyone that doesn't currently have MLB.TV to wait until the day games begin to buy it, just in case they're unable to get the season off the ground.
  14. Andy
    From what little I understand, it sounded like the new people were ok with political slants as long as they were being written through the lens of sports related stories. I didn't read Deadspin enough then, and don't now, to know whether there's any functional difference between the angles they've taken.
  15. Andy
    He might actually just be horsefeathering stupid, saying this when the players retain the right to file a grievance
  16. Andy
    I really want to see which AL Central teams we are losing games against in order to play the Sox 6 times instead of 4. If the Cardinals get more games against the Royals/Tigers than we do, that could make the difference in such a very short season. Are they not just doing 4 games vs everyone? No, MLB announcement stipulated 6 games against your designated rival team. So I guess we're playing one series each of 3 or 4 games against the other AL Central teams.
  17. Andy
    Yes. It would appear all the things that were in the rejected agreement are happening anyway except for the 16-team playoffs.
  18. Andy
    Very shrewd of the owners to implement the 60 and not go lower. That will likely keep them from losing the grievance. Also, because there was no agreement, regular playoffs (not 16), no ads on uniforms, presumably no runner on 2nd in extra innings. (I assume no universal DH either but not sure of that.) Those things are net positives.
  19. Andy
    Agreed on all counts. A 162-game season doesn't remotely require a playoff with half the teams in it, especially in the sport already least likely to produce a representative champion.
  20. Andy
    I e-mailed them a few weeks ago for a refund and received a response within minutes and the refund a few days later. I don't want a full refund, I just don't want to pay for a full season when we're getting half a season I didn't want a full refund either. I intend to sign up again once a new lowered 2020 price is announced and we know what exactly we're getting this year. No sense giving them an interest-free loan, though.
  21. Andy
    I e-mailed them a few weeks ago for a refund and received a response within minutes and the refund a few days later.
  22. Andy
    Apparently the playoffs will expand to 16 teams for both this year and next under this scenario, and your guess is as good as mine how they would expect to make that work next season in the event they actually do get to play 162 games.
  23. Andy
    As long as prorated pay (players) and expanded playoffs (owners) are included, I would assume each side will make sure the deal will get done.
  24. Andy
    You have to look at the comparisons. NFL's union, for instance, has been arguing against more than 16 games for years, and then the owners offered to spend, like, a fraction of a half a percent more on player salaries in exchange for a 17th game (which will inevitably become demands for an 18th game in a few years), and the union folded like a cheap suit. The MLBPA screwed up the last CBA, but at least they're not folding.
  25. Andy
    This came up with the Zeke Elliott thing the other day, but apparently it's only a HIPAA violation if they're getting the info directly from physicians. If, say, an agent tells someone their client has COVID, it's not a HIPAA violation, although certainly still ethically dubious. It's still a HIPAA violation if it's not released by the patient. HIPAA doesn't apply only to physicians. Standard 'sportswriter not lawyer' caveats apply, but this is what I read.
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