Conquer Club

On the bright side, this is the best record the Marlins have had coming into July in years.

Baseball is becoming more irrelevant; fewer fans are there and many do not care. How many posts on this thread since it started?

The fact that owners and players cannot agree on a Season (70 vs 60 games) is SAD.

And COVID-19 may shut down that abbreviated season, anyway. Minor Leagues shut down the entire season, already. That is SAD, too.

JP4Fun

You must be a blast at parties.

I AM; thanks for noticing.

And yes, baseball is still irrelevant. Too bad for you.

2dimes wrote:You must be a blast at parties.

No real change.

jusplay4fun wrote:Baseball is becoming more irrelevant; fewer fans are there and many do not care. How many posts on this thread since it started?

The fact that owners and players cannot agree on a Season (70 vs 60 games) is SAD.

And COVID-19 may shut down that abbreviated season, anyway. Minor Leagues shut down the entire season, already. That is SAD, too.

JP4Fun

Play ball!

It was filmed from behind the plate when I saw it. Hilarious from either angle.

Yeah, probably won't watch any baseball.

Already 2 games "postponed" due to COVID. Yet not a single news story on MLB.com about this.

Smooth move.

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/four-d ... 25545.html

EDIT: I have a feeling some big announcement is going to come. There haven't been any game notes published yet this morning! The only press release was about a charity event. It's like a media blackout from MLB.com and the Pressbox.

EDIT 2: The Season has been described as 'in Jeopardy". Probably cancelled. At least I can watch every single game this season.

EDIT 3: MLB released a statement, the first game note was released on the Pressbox. Seems like things are moving on... I'm still suspicious though.

Bummer but like the article said, if you did not figure it might get shut down you were delusional.

Wife's complaining because Verlander is injured too.

On the bright side, the Jays finally found a home!

Yeah, I might actually root fir the Buffalo Blue Jays. Even If it's predominantly to annoy the wife.

I'm having difficulty keeping up. So 2 players on the Phillies test positive (they recently played the Marlins). So the Jays-Phillies series (supposed to start tomorrow) is cancelled. Also St. Louis- Milwaukee is cancelled due to another outbreak of 2 cardinals.

Marlins are still being postponed.

However (and this is IMPORTANT). As of right now, there is no notice on the MLB.com website that the Cards-Brewers games are cancelled. Which means we are in the same position we were on Monday - I would say "in jeopardy" about covers it.

If you are keeping track, that means, as of the ends of the current series:
MIA - 7 games to make up
PHI - 6 games to make up
TOR - 3 games to make up
WAS - 3 games to make up
BAL - 4 games to make up
NYY - 3 games to make up
STL - 3 games to make up
MIL - 3 games to make up

Or something like that... Like I said, I'm having difficulty keeping track.

I heard from the wife, they are playing the NHL hockey now. She was saying they are pretty much quarantined, staying in hotels near the arenas with controls on who is in contact with players.

Seems like it might be a better system. I heard of a baseball player complaining about how much hassle it was to leave the stadium to go get lunch. I thought, "Why are they not just providing food for the players to limit exposure to random members of the public?"

Braves are 7-3.

I have watched a bit of MLB and even less NBA. I did watch lots of NHL.

There are lots of games on Sunday, in ALL the Sports in USA (and elsewhere, I assume)....

What did you think of the first ining Dodgers vs Braves yesterday? I am just watching this game now. That was crazy.

I was at work so it was already 11-0 by the time I got off so I opted out of watching the rest of the game. Parents have it recorded so mifht check whar happened in the first next time I'm over there.

Congratulations L.A.

2dimes wrote:Congratulations L.A.

Pulling Snell when he was pitching a shut out with only 2 hits, 9 strike outs (and I believe no walks) with only 73 pitches in the 6th will go down as one of the great world series blunders.

and THEN.....a Dodger player, Justin Turner, who knew he had COVID goes on the field for the Team Picture and interacts with others in the post-Game celebration.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/do ... e-n1245058