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  1. squally1313
    It isn't really bothering me much in terms of the empty seats behind home plate....watched enough Marlins, White Sox, etc games in the past. I just miss the buzz of the crowd as a moment gets bigger, or the noise increasing as a particular hitter comes to the plate, etc. Things that I think are going to be pretty tough for automated crowd noise to replicate, but the things that give those moments a sense of...importance. I don't know....still just kinda felt like a spring training game to me. Seemed like the hitters were pretty hesitant to argue on bad calls because obviously nothing is going to escalate to yelling in each other's faces. Not that I need that particular thing, but just something to show that these games 'matter'.
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    Think I read somewhere that on a normal game day, teams go through 60 dozen (720) baseballs, and this year they are expecting the number to be closer to 110 dozen (1320).
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    Still not sure this should be happening, or is actually going to happen....but there's a more naive part of me that thinks this short season and being the first to come back could generate a lot of attention/excitement. Really wish they would have tried to fill up the days more than they have. First game tomorrow starts at like 3:30 eastern, same with Monday and I assume the rest of the week days. As someone who's had Premier League/Bundesliga and then Thursday/Friday golf on in the background most days, would have been a welcome change.
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    I remember reading the SS one and thinking there was a mistake because they had Baez as neutral defensively, even when talking up how good he is with the glove in the blurb, but looks like it wasn't updated. Wouldn't make sense based on his projections on his player page and his past numbers, but...who knows.
  5. squally1313
    Game got ugly for a little bit there, but Hendricks looked good, and that's about the only meaningful conclusion you can draw from one game like this, so, whatever.
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    Newest rumor I'm hearing is actually Pittsburgh, because there's only like 6 or 7 days of conflicts and the players complained about not playing in a major league park. Which, that means instead of 8 teams sharing the visitors clubhouse, you'd have 16. Not sure how high the ranks for importance.
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    Still getting back up to speed with the roster. When Quintana went down, I figured there was a bunch of options to patchwork the fifth starter spot, just now realizing that this makes Chatwood our fourth 'starter'. So now we're dealing with wild cards pretty much half the time (with Lester being a coin flip).
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    Anywhere besides Marquee to watch a couple innings?
  9. squally1313
    In any other situation after like, 2016, not having Crawford has pretty much been a death sentence (if they weren't already dead with him). With this coin flip of a playoff, who knows. Probably 45/55 against the Oilers...any longer series after that is going to tilt pretty heavily against a Crawford-less Hawks.
  10. squally1313
    Now that we're all past the incredible weirdness that is no baseball, it is incredibly weird that there's going to be essentially a pennant chase free for all starting in 10 days.
  11. squally1313
    Surely that means the Hawks series will be played in Edmonton, meaning it will be similar to having home ice for the Oilers Thought I remembered reading something a while ago about how no team would play in their own city to avoid something like this (and even playing into why they needed more than one city). Things are changing all the time, so that could definitely not be the case, but I think if those are the two cities, we'd be playing in Toronto.
  12. squally1313
    I'm no expert either, but I am a childhood leukemia survivor myself. I've always heard that the long term effects of chemo aren't really understood yet (maybe they are more now....I'm about 25 years removed from treatment). But, I personally haven't experienced getting sick at an increased level. Colds maybe a couple times a year (usually due to proximity of children), never got the flu. Covid is a different animal though. Got it, appreciate the insight. Would also wonder if there's a difference in terms of when you went through cancer/chemo....as a child, your immune system is still developing, getting stronger. Going through cancer at 19 (Rizzo) or 22 (Lester) when there isn't much growing to do could be different. To your experience, I can't remember either Rizzo or Lester battling illness at any point (more of a KB thing) so maybe it's not really something to worry about.
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    This could definitely come off as ignorant, because it's basically just secondhand knowledge, but it's my understanding that extended chemo does some long term damage to your immune system and leaves you more susceptible to catching colds, flus, and something like COVID.
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    Something I hadn't really considered, and given that we haven't heard anything about it yet means probably nothing to worry about, but....Lester and Rizzo are both high risk right? Joe Ross and Ryan Zimmerman from the Nats just opted out, and Mike Leake for Arizona is also opting out.
  15. squally1313
    Stealing TT's opinions to use in my group chats....it really is starting to seem like baseball season again!
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    Happ seems criminally underutilized in the 9 spot, but beyond that I'm too rusty to put together my own just yet. Also I know AL teams are generally hesitant to use a catcher in the DH spot unless they are carrying three catchers, as much as I like the idea of getting Willson out from behind the plate. Not sure what the roster rules are for this year, might be pretty easy to pick up/carry a third one. 2nd leadoff hitter with the OBP for when KB/Rizzo come back around, has contact guys in front of him that are behind OBP guys and we aren’t stacking all the lower contact guys in order with him 9. But anywhere from 7-9 I’m cool with him hitting in most lineups. I’m almost certain we (and most other teams) will carry 3 catchers with the expanded rosters as I’ve seen the expanded roster talk, think that would be Phagley for us. It makes a lot of sense to get Willy DH time to keep him fresh and since Vic is more than capable and better with framing. Forgot about Phegley, good call. Still think Happ should be a little higher (Heyward in the 5 spot against RHPs really doesn't look right to me), but can see your arguments too.
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    oh my god i completely forgot that we're going bryzzo at the top. seems like so long ago. hell yes, these lineups fornicate. Happ seems criminally underutilized in the 9 spot, but beyond that I'm too rusty to put together my own just yet. Also I know AL teams are generally hesitant to use a catcher in the DH spot unless they are carrying three catchers, as much as I like the idea of getting Willson out from behind the plate. Not sure what the roster rules are for this year, might be pretty easy to pick up/carry a third one.
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    8 teams per league seems like they'd be going to a straight bracket format, which is weird because I think the one game playoffs have been pretty well regarded. I guess, in a four division format, the four wild cards could go into 2 one game playoffs, winners playing the worst two division winners in three game series, and then those winners playing the top two division series. Adding that much would probably mean they'd have to shorten the season, but would probably drive the playoff ratings they're looking for. If you're going to go 16 teams, that'd be my preferred route. Edit: The 'second' round could also be one game playoffs, to cut down on the down time. And if we're making wishes, the higher seeds in all these formats would get to pick their opponents.
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    Yep, probably naive to be optimistic at this point, but proposing 60 games just seems like a 'come meet us in the middle and wrap this up' move. 60 games in 70 days is, I think, more days off than they would normally get, so pretty easy to fit in 66 games, as mentioned above.
  20. squally1313
    Derwood, read the room. I'm clarifying, because I know jack and horsefeathers about the draft and signings and how it all works. Which is fine, especially in this weird year, but by the time you asked there were about 20 posts talking about where he would slot in to our system, how he is going to rank, etc. with minimal to no discussion on signability concerns. Mostly just giving you a hard time, but....come on, pick up some context.
  21. squally1313
    The normal % of most prep kids picked in the 1st round, close to 0%. 0% chance he signs, or 0% chance he opts for college? Derwood, read the room.
  22. squally1313
    I think they've got like, a day or two to get this done if they still want any hope of July 4 as a start date (outside of the fact that starting this schedule on a Saturday isn't exactly ideal). I've heard at least 3 weeks of ramp up time, especially for pitchers, and you can't just snap your fingers and have everyone suddenly be at the spring training facility.
  23. squally1313
    Purchased in 1995 for $147m, now worth a little shy of $2b. Just stop talking.
  24. squally1313
    It gives them some of what they were looking for, but ultimately you're still looking at roughly 1/3rd of the salaries for almost half the games. This new proposal seems to be abandoning the earlier strategy of winning the support/vote of the lower paid guys if they are just cutting everyone's by the same percent.
  25. squally1313
    A 50/50 split of what
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