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  1. Andy
    Yes. It would appear all the things that were in the rejected agreement are happening anyway except for the 16-team playoffs.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Andy
    Rizzo just RT'd this.
  12. Andy
    Stooge Rob Manfred must be real horsefeathering confident that the average fan is dumb enough to blame the players for this. He must've been spending time in Bleacher Nation comments section. Hell, even The Athletic comments sections, which by definition would include some more discerning fans, are showing an alarming amount of pro-owner or at least both-sides comments.
  13. Andy
    https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29315408/mlb-commissioner-rob-manfred-now-less-confident-2020-season Stooge Rob Manfred must be real horsefeathering confident that the average fan is dumb enough to blame the players for this.
  14. Andy
    Only player to hit 60+ in three seasons at the time, did Bonds end up doing it too? He didn't, Sammy remains alone. My favorite footnote to that fact is that the only time he actually led MLB in home runs was 2000, when he hit 50.
  15. Andy
    We have an out. We can just assume Dexter Fowler is the reason anyone in that clubhouse is a good guy regardless of whether it's actually true.
  16. Andy
    Players reject offer and basically tell owners "since you guys aren't even pretending to really negotiate, just tell us where to go and when and we'll just play".
  17. Andy
    I'll rephrase: what are the owners' STATED reasons? That they’ll lose too much money and it isn’t feasible to do 100% proration for 70+ games. Some, apparently, would lose less money by simply not playing then doing 70+ at 100% proration. They’re basically putting short term cash ahead of long term equity and thinking very shortsighted. I think they also know they have the ace in the hole that Manfred can mandate a 48 or 50 game played season at 100% proration and guys have to play/MLBPA has no input. So they’re trying to stick to that payout as the max payout for the 60-70+ game schedule since they know they can fall back on that. Which will be great for the MLB/MLBPA relationship with a CBA negotiation coming up. I've said before in this thread, but I just can't wrap my head around why these allegedly smart people are being so damn stupid.
  18. Andy
    Another new offer from the owners. 72 games at 70 percent pro rata, 80 if the postseason is completed. Seems to be some movement in the players' direction.
  19. Andy
    If the owners would drop this ridiculous 'we have to cut even more if the playoffs don't end up happening', I think this would actually be close to a fair compromise.
  20. Andy
    I've always completely expected to see a post-2021 fire sale anyway, no matter what BS Ricketts said about consistent contention.
  21. Andy
    They tested Tuesday then had group workouts Wednesday before they found out the results of the test. What kind of stupid ass protocol was that? CFB fans joked about the possibility of some team intentionally infecting themselves so they'd be immune during football season. I'm not saying that happened here, but it's interesting.
  22. Andy
    I'm completely expecting us to get a top 2 pick now that we're in a draft that's universally thought of as inferior to the last few.
  23. Andy
    They'd be getting a 50/50 split of the fake numbers the owners crap out to make it look like they somehow lose money every single year while their franchise values double every decade or less. That's a good point, although the current revenue split that is estimated are based off those same numbers. I think in this case the owners beat them to the punch on messaging though. If there is no season the players are likely getting the most blame, and that has less to do with the facts and more to do with how simple the owners pitch sounds. I agree the players will take much of the public blame if there is no season. Unfortunately I don't know what can be done about that. I hope the players do get a deal done, as long as it's something resembling fair. I'm not going to get to go to a baseball game this year anyway, so I'd rather there be no season than the players get screwed (or screw themselves) again.
  24. Andy
    They'd be getting a 50/50 split of the fake numbers the owners crap out to make it look like they somehow lose money every single year while their franchise values double every decade or less.
  25. Andy
    I actually am with the owners in just one very specific respect - I don't see the draw in trying to cram in 114 games and extending the regular season another month past when it usually ends. Hopefully it lands in the 75-80 range with the full prorated salaries.
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