pending approval of the stae of PA, hohoho
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29515522/sources-blue-jays-expected-play-home-games-pnc-park-pittsburgh
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 18:27 (four years ago) link
HARRISBURG, Pa. (@AP) _ Pennsylvania Department of Health won't allow Toronto Blue Jays to play at PNC Park in Pittsburgh amid pandemic.— Marc Levy (@timelywriter) July 22, 2020
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link
well that i did not expect
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 19:07 (four years ago) link
i'm sure having the pirates and phillies play at home is much safer
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 19:09 (four years ago) link
rip PJays
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 19:10 (four years ago) link
I get why the Canadian government didn’t want a bunch of dudes from a country with out of control covid rates flying in on a weekly basis. I don’t understand what Pennsylvania thinks would be happening with the Jays that already isn’t happening there.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link
infection rates are not evenly spread throughout the country and having more people moving in and out of the area from elsewhere is indeed not ideal
my question is, where is the line? preventing the pirates and phillies from playing would further protect pennsylvanians, after all. my guess is that the jays (and mlb) simply didn't have the political influence that the local teams do
supposedly andrew cuomo is willing to do 'anything' to have the jays play in buffalo, though, so that's nice
having this issue unresolved the day before the season starts is pretty half-assed all around!
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 20:07 (four years ago) link
Nats have asked Fauci to throw out the first pitch
New favorite team
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 20:18 (four years ago) link
I KNEW IT xxxxp
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 20:56 (four years ago) link
supposedly andrew cuomo is willing to do 'anything' to have the jays play in buffalo
Blue Jay Cuomo
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 20:58 (four years ago) link
http://theplayersalliance.com
― Andy K, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 22:30 (four years ago) link
dodgers 'closing in on extension' with mookie
And not a bad one it is.
https://www.mlb.com/news/mookie-betts-extension-with-dodgers
― clemenza, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 22:47 (four years ago) link
In game interviews with one camera on the interviewee in his office miles away and the other camera on the broadcast booth that doesn't even have a line of sight on the field while an at-bat is going on is just not how you sell the game.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 23 July 2020 00:42 (four years ago) link
i don't think the average viewer has such demanding aesthetic standards
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 July 2020 01:06 (four years ago) link
hate all in-game interviews
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 July 2020 01:08 (four years ago) link
this is apparently how you sell... stuff
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/07/mlb-rumors-expanded-playoffs-2020-last-minute.html
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 July 2020 12:26 (four years ago) link
I feel like the A’s winning the World Series this year would be very A’sesque.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:56 (four years ago) link
MLB trying to expand the playoffs to 16 teams, when what they'd prefer is, let's expand the playoffs to however many teams it takes to get Mike Trout in.— David O'Brien (@DOBrienATL) July 23, 2020
― Andy K, Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:01 (four years ago) link
lol imagine seeing this graphic on a broadcast a year ago and trying to parse it pic.twitter.com/PvoU9mv7KZ— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) July 23, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:01 (four years ago) link
lol it is absolutely insane to drastically change the fundamental question of a season ('what does it take to make the playoffs?') on its opening day
iirc a while back the NBA announced, in late march, that the first round of its playoffs would suddenly become best-of-7 rather than best-of-5. that was more defensible
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link
i would probably use "typically desperate" rather than insane
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:14 (four years ago) link
of course, in this season the fundamental question of the season has become "how many of your dudes will be standing at the end"
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:14 (four years ago) link
Plan for 16 teams, get 10 viable ones maybe
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:25 (four years ago) link
How about everybody gets a fucking participation trophy
I'm increasingly wondeirng if looking back it will have been these past few months that did in my baseball fandom
or the kind of fandom I've always had
― singular wolf erotica producer (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:27 (four years ago) link
Their grieving families can put it on the mantelpiece
"It was worth it lil' Bobby. That's a cool 300M your daddy's team has now that it wouldn't have otherwise had"
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:28 (four years ago) link
it takes a ton of suspended disbleief to hold onto this love in the 21st c
maybe I'll feel differently when the "season" is underway but I really wish MLB wasn't putting us through all this
― singular wolf erotica producer (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:30 (four years ago) link
I have been a Red Sox fan and season ticket holder since 1937. I was there when Teddy Ballgame homered in the ‘46 All-Star Game. I can’t feel my fingers anymore and only eat soup. My grandson is typing this tweet for me.— zak 🗣🍼💜💪 (@ZakKondratenko) July 23, 2020
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-official-zips-2020-projected-standings/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:16 (four years ago) link
Had the city of DC not changed their rules, a positive test for Soto would have forced many others into a mandatory 14-day quarantine. Am told the team is doing its due diligence with contact tracing and Soto is doing "fine" all things considered.— Britt Ghiroli (@Britt_Ghiroli) July 23, 2020
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 July 2020 18:38 (four years ago) link
The worst part is that Soto had been quarantined for 14-days prior to this because he was an exposure risk from another player who had tested positive.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 23 July 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
ffs
MLBPA and MLB have agreed on a $50 million postseason bonus pool for players with 16 teams for this year. In negotiations last month, MLB offered $25 million. Players have voted, now up to owners to ratify.— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) July 23, 2020
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 July 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
i guess owners vote will be live on pregame show
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 July 2020 21:49 (four years ago) link
i know it seems like a million years ago but the idea to expand the playoffs and have a ridiculous The Decision show where GMs hand out roses to the teams they want to face was originally floated by manfred long before coronavirus happened. the union just showed that they're generally cool with it.
this is the future
i guess i'm an old fogey (32) but this might kill baseball for me. postseason at least. i'll keep watching regular season to see how good mike trout does.
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Thursday, 23 July 2020 21:57 (four years ago) link
Rob Manfred has now done more to help Mike Trout make the playoffs than Arte Moreno, Jerry Dipoto, and Billy Eppler ever did. Combined. https://t.co/oLIs3U4iJx— Joe Sheehan (@joe_sheehan) July 23, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:12 (four years ago) link
Anyway, if you're the Tigers, Royals, etc. and you don't now shift into playing all your best players regardless of service time, you should be ashamed. Expanded playoffs and a 60-game season is baseball welfare.— Joe Sheehan (@joe_sheehan) July 23, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:17 (four years ago) link
lol by zips the angels will still be tied with boston for the final spot
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:18 (four years ago) link
Clayton Kershaw is hurt.
― Andy K, Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:21 (four years ago) link
Sheehan did say "help"
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 July 2020 22:24 (four years ago) link
Expanded playoffs was going to happen one day or another, I made peace with it a while ago.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 23 July 2020 23:37 (four years ago) link
going back to 10 in 2021, or i will say sayonara
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 July 2020 01:28 (four years ago) link
so ZIPs predicts a three-way tie for second place in the NL Central, which would also be a 3-way tie for the second division spot in the playoffs, as well as potentially ties for the 7th or 8th seeds, depending on the other NL division standings?
this is gonna be great wow
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Friday, 24 July 2020 01:34 (four years ago) link
hoping the WS gets delayed til November
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 July 2020 01:36 (four years ago) link
am i naive in thinking this really is a one-season only stupid playoff format? 2020 special? or is this the way that they get their hooks in
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Friday, 24 July 2020 01:37 (four years ago) link
The expanded baseball playoff is an abomination and must be resisted in the future at all costs.— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) July 23, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 July 2020 01:39 (four years ago) link
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Thursday, July 23, 2020 9:37 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
when has rob manfred shown that he has any shame at all
in five years all the teams are going to be named after sponsors like in korea
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Friday, 24 July 2020 01:52 (four years ago) link
have fun rooting for the bank of america cardinals i'm gonna move into the woods and take up skeet shooting
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Friday, 24 July 2020 01:54 (four years ago) link
excuse me, we are monsanto nation
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Friday, 24 July 2020 02:04 (four years ago) link
We know baseball is back when people are shitting on the commish instead of celebrating Opening Day after the longest winter break in the game’s history.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 24 July 2020 02:24 (four years ago) link
my understanding is that playoff (tv) revenue goes straight to the owners
so if the players can get a part of it or bargain it for something else, they will probably do so
much like the economy in general, there is no one looking out for what is best in the long term
― mookieproof, Friday, 24 July 2020 02:31 (four years ago) link