2020 Season Thread

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Feb 03, 2020 7:45 am

Pitchers and catchers report on the 11th and 12th. Everybody else on the 16th and 17th.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:31 pm

Betts to the Dodgers for Verdugo. We also get the to eat half the contract of Price

97cats · Post by **97cats** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 11:38 pm

and Joc Pederson to the Angels for Louis Rengifo - the Betts addition is formidable for at least this year

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Wed Feb 05, 2020 8:42 am

Dodger line-up 1-8 will be scary good next year. Starting pitching took a hit but should be good enough to cakewalk through the NL West.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:31 am

Dodgers vs Yankees in the WS

Calling it now...

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sat Feb 08, 2020 1:49 pm

Twins are out as the third team in the Betts trade.

Hmmmm...

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Feb 09, 2020 6:41 pm

Chicat wrote:Twins are out as the third team in the Betts trade.

Hmmmm...

And now the Joc Pederson deal is off.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 6:56 pm

FreeSpiritCat · Post by **FreeSpiritCat** » Mon Feb 10, 2020 7:22 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:

If you are going to go to a 7 team playoff just go to 8 teams. Football has a bye but it is only 1 game. The biggest problem I see is how to set up the playoffs so it doesn't extend to the second week in November. I can picture what would happen if games were played in Minnesota in November. As far as the number of teams in the playoff, I don't have a problem with it. Actually, it might create an opportunity to expand the league.

Olsondogg · Post by **Olsondogg** » Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:23 am

Spring training about to be cancelled...

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:34 am

Gordon Gecko weighs in.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:41 am

I’m interested to see if this puts the idea of a neutral site World Series which was kicked around a few years ago into play going forward.

If they have a December WS in Miami and it’s a success, that might become the norm.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 2:30 pm

Yea or LA, Phoenix, Houston etc

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 3:10 pm

How about this. Forget interleague games this year. Play two home and home series in your division and one home and home series with the rest of your league. With one day off a week that would be 108 games over 18 weeks. If the season started May 4th the regular season would finish by September 5th.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:58 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:25 pm

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:36 pm

I'm betting on the Knights! Movie version anyway, not the book which had a completely different ending.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:03 pm

Toronto banned all public gatherings until the end of June.

Have to think that puts another nail in the coffin of the 2020 regular season.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:48 pm

At least a full length season anyways. Might be a half season that starts in July with no crowds.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Tue Apr 07, 2020 11:43 am

Looks like they are talking about starting the season in May in AZ for all teams. Of course no fans would be allowed.

Have to wonder what other changes would be made? Do the umps still call balls and strikes? Does a manager come out of the dugout to argue face to face with the umps? Does the umps still rub up the balls before the game? Do the players sit together in the dugout or bullpen? What about spitting?

It would be nice to see baseball (to me still America’s past time) lead us back to normalcy but I hope they do it for the right reasons and not just because of where the bottom line might be.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Apr 07, 2020 11:49 am

Saw a blurb that Covid-19 testing will be a requirement regarding the Cactus League.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:16 pm

azcat49 wrote:Looks like they are talking about starting the season in May in AZ for all teams. Of course no fans would be allowed.

Have to wonder what other changes would be made? Do the umps still call balls and strikes? Does a manager come out of the dugout to argue face to face with the umps? Does the umps still rub up the balls before the game? Do the players sit together in the dugout or bullpen? What about spitting?

It would be nice to see baseball (to me still America’s past time) lead us back to normalcy but I hope they do it for the right reasons and not just because of where the bottom line might be.

It could be a great renaissance for baseball. What other sport would ever be more appropriate to get us all through this crisis?

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:35 pm

Cue James Earl Jones and Field of Dreams speech, “America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time.....this field, this game, it’s part of our past. It reminds us of all that was good and could be again”

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:50 pm

yesssssss

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:53 pm

The idea that all players would be locked away from their families for 4 months is a non-starter.

This was floated to see the reaction and for the most part it hasn’t been a resounding “let’s do it!”.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:19 pm

MLB just whitewashed Red Sox cheating.

Only guy who is getting punished is the video guy and all he has to do is sit out the season that might not fucking happen.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed May 27, 2020 3:16 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Thu Jun 25, 2020 7:05 pm

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Jun 26, 2020 8:11 am

UAEebs86 wrote:

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:36 pm

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:59 am

“the agenda of science”...

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Jul 07, 2020 11:43 am

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Jul 07, 2020 2:40 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:50 pm

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:20 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:15 pm

Anybody watching this Giants-Dodgers game?

Cutout fans, crowd sound effects. Freaking weird.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:18 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:Anybody watching this Giants-Dodgers game?

Cutout fans, crowd sound effects. Freaking weird.

Yeah, they had them there during the DBacks games as well. Like typical Dodger fans half of the cutouts left in the 7th inning.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:27 pm

azgreg wrote:
UAEebs86 wrote:Anybody watching this Giants-Dodgers game?

Cutout fans, crowd sound effects. Freaking weird.
Yeah, they had them there during the DBacks games as well. Like typical Dodger fans half of the cutouts left in the 7th inning.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 4:33 am

azgreg wrote:
UAEebs86 wrote:Anybody watching this Giants-Dodgers game?

Cutout fans, crowd sound effects. Freaking weird.
Yeah, they had them there during the DBacks games as well. Like typical Dodger fans half of the cutouts left in the 7th inning.

The game WAS over by then.

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:50 am

I heard the traffic out of Dodger Stadium was extremely light for a change...

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Jul 24, 2020 6:22 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:00 am

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sun Jul 26, 2020 3:10 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:17 am

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:30 am

84Cat wrote:

Now it's just a couple of weeks.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:06 pm

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:38 am

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:37 pm

If Phillies players start testing positive they need to shut the whole thing down.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:53 am

Chicat wrote:If Phillies players start testing positive they need to shut the whole thing down.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:47 am

They needed to have protocols in place that if there was one positive test, everyone went into quarantine. MLB was so scared of having to pause that they may have gone ahead and killed some people.

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