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Eel Snave wrote:Geez. THANKS FLORIDA

pr0ner wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:36 am It's a good thing Joe Kelly can only hit a window in his house when throwing a baseball because last night was terrible.

pr0ner wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:34 pm

pr0ner wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:36 am It's a good thing Joe Kelly can only hit a window in his house when throwing a baseball because last night was terrible.

8 game suspension for Joe Kelly (who's appealing); one game suspension for Dave Roberts (who's serving it tonight).

Lorini wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:39 pm

pr0ner wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:34 pm

pr0ner wrote: ↑Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:36 am It's a good thing Joe Kelly can only hit a window in his house when throwing a baseball because last night was terrible.

8 game suspension for Joe Kelly (who's appealing); one game suspension for Dave Roberts (who's serving it tonight).

I think he'll get it reduced but not removed but we'll see. I assume they are mostly mad because the teams emptied the benches without social distancing and not wearing masked.

Lorini wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:07 am No. Just No. We have him, you have at least two if not more WS rings since we've had one so tough

Lorini wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:07 am No. Just No. We have him, you have at least two if not more WS rings since we've had one so tough

pr0ner wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:54 am I'm still optimistic MLB can get a full season done, but I feel like it's becoming less likely every day. Today's Brewers/Cardinals game has been postponed because of this:

stessier wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:32 am

pr0ner wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:54 am I'm still optimistic MLB can get a full season done, but I feel like it's becoming less likely every day. Today's Brewers/Cardinals game has been postponed because of this:

I'm curious - why are you optimistic? I haven't studied the schedule - is there really enough off days to make up all these games? Or do you think if they "complete" the season, it will be because they learned to live with unequal games played and the playoffs will be on win percentage?

After five hitters had reached base to start the frame, Kapler finally went to the mound to pull the Giants’ struggling reliever. Rogers, however, wasn’t allowed to leave the game.

Kapler’s trip to the middle of the diamond marked the team’s second mound visit while Padres catcher Austin Hedges was at the plate as pitching coach Andrew Bailey had already gone out to see Rogers. Under MLB rules, a pitcher must remain in the game if he receives two mound visits during the same plate appearance, so Rogers was stuck watching Hedges bunt in a run on a botched fielder’s choice attempt from catcher Tyler Heineman.

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 2:45 pm Are they seeing a lot of increased traffic or something? The handful of people on the rooftops can't really be causing that much crowding, right?

Yoenis Cespedes has opted out of the rest of the 2020 MLB season, ending a hectic stretch Sunday in which the Mets superstar’s whereabouts were unknown.

Cespedes, 34, did not show up for the Mets’ 4-0 loss in Atlanta and the team initially wasn’t sure of the slugger’s status when they couldn’t get in touch with him before the game.

“He’s healthy and he’s safe,” GM Brodie Van Wagenen told reporters. “He’s decided to opt out of the remainder of the season for COVID-related reasons.”

Lorini wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 7:37 pm Betts has injured his hand apparently. See, it was much better than if he was still with the Sox right?

El Guapo wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:26 pmKind of scary.

The Meal wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:29 pm

El Guapo wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:26 pmKind of scary.

Kind of?!?

El Guapo wrote:

The Meal wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:29 pm

El Guapo wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:26 pmKind of scary.

Kind of?!?

Hey, I'm an understated kind of guy.

RunningMn9 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:26 pm Ehhhhhh....my team is 7-1. Keep playing.

Octavious wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:14 pm

RunningMn9 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:26 pm Ehhhhhh....my team is 7-1. Keep playing.

I hope they go 40-1 and then the season gets cancelled.

Lorini wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:35 am MLB to begin to strictly enforce protocols.

"Major League Baseball is cracking down on coronavirus safety protocols, mandating that players and staff wear face coverings at all times, including in the dugouts and bullpens, except for players on the field of play." They could be hit with suspensions or bans if they don't.

I do think it brings to mind kind of where we’re at in our response to this as a country. Like we’re trying to bring baseball back during a pandemic that’s killed 130,000 people. We’re way worse off as a country than we were in March when we shut this thing down. Look at where other developed countries are in their response to this. We haven’t done any of the things that other countries have done to bring sports back. Sports are like the reward of a functioning society. And we’re trying to just bring it back, even though we’ve taken none of the steps to flatten the curve, whatever you want to say. We did flatten the curve a little bit, but we didn’t use that time to do anything productive. We just opened back up for Memorial Day. We decided we’re done with it. If there aren’t sports, it’s going to be because people are not wearing masks, because the response to this has been so politicized. We need help from the general public. If they want to watch baseball, please wear a mask, social distance, keep washing your hands. We can’t just have virus fatigue and keep thinking, ‘Well, it’s been four months, we’re over it, this has been enough time, right? We’ve waited long enough, shouldn’t sports come back now?’ No, there are things we have to do in order to bring this stuff back. And now you want to bring fans back? Is that safe? I don’t know. I’m not a public health expert, but we should probably defer to them on some of these issues. So I don’t know if it’s safe or not. I really don’t know. But that doesn’t seem like something that … I don’t know if that feels like a good idea or not. I don’t know.

El Guapo wrote:Could we just invite Trump to throw out a first pitch at a Nationals game, and while he's distracted swap in Sean Doolittle as president? Trump could stay on as a Nationals pitcher.