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The New Summer Season

G-Fafif Jun 23 2020 07:33 PM

60 games. 40 vs division. 20 vs counterpart other league division. Six Subway Series.

kcmets Jun 23 2020 07:36 PM Re: The New Summer Season

It's 'offical!'

Benjamin Grimm Jun 24 2020 05:37 AM Re: The New Summer Season

=G-Fafif post_id=39213 time=1592962399 user_id=55] 60 games. 40 vs division. 20 vs counterpart other league division. Six Subway Series.

So ten games each against Atlanta, Washington, Philadelphia, and Miami. Six against the Yankees? That would leave 14 games spread among Baltimore, Boston, Toronto, and Tampa.



So many questions still... Will any of the Mets opt out? Will Bryce Harper opt out? Who else will? Will the Blue Jays need to find a different home stadium?



And then, of course, all of the medical questions.



But with luck, we'll get to see about a dozen starts from Jacob deGrom. Maybe more, if there's an October.



Play ball?

ashie62 Jun 24 2020 05:48 AM Re: The New Summer Season

I'd be ok with Jed Lowrie opting out Happy to see baseball back! It is interesting to see that they may have a group of unsigned players in Nashville at the ready to fill in if needed As Pete Alonso tweeted yesterday, LFGM!

Benjamin Grimm Jun 24 2020 06:01 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Jeff Passan at ESPN reports that the DH will be universal and the stupid runner-on-second-base rule will be in effect. (I'd rather they just allowed for a game to end in a tie after 10 or 12 innings.) Trade deadline will be August 31. Roster size will be 30 for two weeks, then 28 for the next two weeks, then 26 the rest of the way. Taxi squad can have up to 60 players. 60-day injured list reduced to 45 days. Special COVID-19 list with no minimum or maximum.

kcmets Jun 24 2020 08:01 AM Re: The New Summer Season

I can manage to deal with the DH (unhappily) but I hope that runner on second thing sees little action. Who goes to second? Do they announce a designated runner prior to the game? Is it last batter who made an out? What about my scorecard entry?

Ceetar Jun 24 2020 08:13 AM Re: The New Summer Season

it's the preceding person in the batting order, so yeah whoever made the last out or his replacement. It counts as 'reaching on an error' but there is no error assessed to anyone.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 24 2020 08:14 AM Re: The New Summer Season

The runner is whoever is in the lineup position prior to that of the batter leading off the inning. I read that it's scored as an error (on whom though?) so that if the runner scores it's an unearned run. I'm going to have to modify the UMDB scorecard code to deal with this monstrosity.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jun 24 2020 08:15 AM Re: The New Summer Season

I'd sooner move to 7 inning regulation games than institute the stupid extra innings rule, or do both, bit institute the stupid second base rule only after 9 real innings

Fman99 Jun 24 2020 08:24 AM Re: The New Summer Season

At least the DH will go away for 2021 (though I'm sure it'll be a big sticking point for the next CBA). I can handle 60 DH games. It'll give more ABs to Dom Smith, I'd think.

kcmets Jun 24 2020 08:42 AM Re: The New Summer Season

=Ceetar post_id=39238 time=1593007994 user_id=102]It counts as 'reaching on an error' but there is no error assessed to anyone.

Score it 'EM'' - - error on Manfred

Frayed Knot Jun 24 2020 10:37 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Doug Glanville has decreed that the runner on 2nd should be scored as the 'Magic Double' When asked (he was on ESPN's morning show) how he felt about the rule he replied, "Nauseous"

bmfc1 Jun 24 2020 10:53 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The runner is whoever is in the lineup position prior to that of the batter leading off the inning. Sigh. If they were going to do this then I wish that they would have given us one or two "normal" extra innings. You might see this: two outs in the 9th, tie-game, no one on, Luis (the Mets manager, it's been a while) sends up Johneshwy Fargas to bat for Wilson Ramos. If Ramos makes the 3d out you don't want him planted on 2d in the 10th so you PH with the fastest player in the organization. If Fargas gets on, fine (of course). If not, you put him in the OF, Nido at C, hope the game is still tied, and then you have Fargas on 2B to start the 10th.

Ceetar Jun 24 2020 12:20 PM Re: The New Summer Season

=bmfc1 post_id=39252 time=1593017592 user_id=73] If Ramos makes the 3d out you don't want him planted on 2d

well you'd probably double-switch him out in..



..oh.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 24 2020 12:24 PM Re: The New Summer Season

CBS Sports wrote: The league has reserved the right to play wherever is needed. That is, if there's a big breakout somewhere and they need to move the venue, the league will do so. Anything and everything is on the table to get the job done. We could end up seeing a neutral-site World Series. There are about a thousand reasons this is going to be an interesting season. I'm simultaneously glad it's happening and hoping it happens.

Lefty Specialist Jun 24 2020 12:50 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Only 60 games and you have to play the Blue Jays and Rays 8 times? Ridiculous.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 24 2020 12:52 PM Re: The New Summer Season Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Jun 24 2020 01:03 PM

We should take a poll. How likely is it that the 2020 season will be played to a conclusion without interruption? ... that in the end, the 2020 season will have to be canceled because of the pandemic? ... that the 2020 season will be completed, but with pandemic-related interruptions or stoppages.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 24 2020 12:53 PM Re: The New Summer Season

60 games. That's no more than 12 or 13 starting pitcher starts. deGrom wasn't even in the running for the last two Cys after his first 12 or 13 starts.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 24 2020 12:57 PM Re: The New Summer Season Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jun 24 2020 01:01 PM

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=39262 time=1593024831 user_id=68] 60 games. That's no more than 12 or 13 starting pitcher starts. deGrom wasn't even in the running for the last two Cys after his first 12 or 13 starts.

But maybe, a few more starts. Perhaps some teams will go with a four man rotation for all or part of the season, reasoning that with a shortened 60 game season, a pitcher's total innings pitched load for the season will be much lighter. Still, that's only two or three more starts at the most, and that's only if the pitcher in question pitches all of his starts on three games rest.

kcmets Jun 24 2020 01:00 PM Re: The New Summer Season

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=39261 time=1593024732 user_id=68]We should take a poll. How likely is it that the 2020 season will be played to a conclusion without interruption?

Holy crap! I was just going to do that.



At 3:00 (15:00) on 6/24 my guess is 50-50

Lefty Specialist Jun 24 2020 01:18 PM Re: The New Summer Season

=Fman99 post_id=39243 time=1593008656 user_id=86] At least the DH will go away for 2021 (though I'm sure it'll be a big sticking point for the next CBA). I can handle 60 DH games. It'll give more ABs to Dom Smith, I'd think.

Anybody checked in on Cespedes? Will he be able to DH? Does he remember what a baseball looks like?

Ceetar Jun 24 2020 01:53 PM Re: The New Summer Season

i'm told by all the couch-experts that Cespedes is basically less likely to be able to hit again than David Wright. You gotta consider Alonso there though. 4-man rotations could make a lot of sense for a short workload, but I think ramping up to that given a quick start makes it harder too. I think baseball might just roll with infections. You know, like the rest of the country.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 24 2020 10:08 PM Re: The New Summer Season

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=39261 time=1593024732 user_id=68] We should take a poll. How likely is it that the 2020 season will be played to a conclusion without interruption? ... that in the end, the 2020 season will have to be canceled because of the pandemic? ... that the 2020 season will be completed, but with pandemic-related interruptions or stoppages.

What do youse think will happen if one or two teams have to go into quarantine during the 2020 season? Will the whole league shut down for that quarantine, or just the teams in question? And if it's just the teams affected, do they forfeit their games while in quarantine, or will those games (as many as 2 weeks worth?) be rescheduled. This last option seems too disruptive and impractical to pull off. I guess if a main roster has to quarantine, the team probably brings up replacements en masse from the overall 60 man eligible roster.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2020 05:24 AM Re: The New Summer Season

The runner-on-second-base thing is known, I've just learned, as the "international tiebreaker".

Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2020 07:44 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Do we know when the schedule is going to be released? I'm sure we all want to start making plans for the tickets we won't be able to buy for the games we won't be able to attend. I also need to look in to how the MLB Extra Innings thing is going to work. Normally I get billed in April for the full season. I guess I'll get billed in July for a pro-rated portion of the season? They should just make it free for anyone who had already signed up before the season was postponed, but I don't imagine they'll do that.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 25 2020 09:33 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The runner-on-second-base thing is known, I've just learned, as the "international tiebreaker". It's going to be a strange and nutty season, as The Athletic notes. And in so noting, reminds us that under the exta-inning, runner on second rule, a team could pitch a perfect game and lose. Because it hsappened. Don't believe me? Those Tampa Tarpons, of the Florida State League, could tell you all about it. Those Tarpons took a perfect game into extra innings back in 2018. Alas, those extra innings began with a runner on second. What happened after that kind of messes up the story, since they then committed an error, and the winning run later scored on a fielder's choice/groundout. But that game is a reminder that something like this totally could happen: Nine perfect innings … 10th inning starts with a man on second … wild pitch … sacrifice fly … Voila! Team allowing no hits, walks, errors or HBPs still loses. There are several variations on this theme — but all 100 percent plausible. Read about all the possible strange and nutty scenarios lurking in what will surely be a strange and nutty 2020 baseball season. https://theathletic.com/1891802/2020/06/25/stark-welcome-to-the-strangest-season-ever/

Lefty Specialist Jun 25 2020 02:24 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Every game is going to be super-important; basically 2.7 times as important. No Terry Collins 'Sunday lineups' this season. THIS would be the year to rip off an 11-game win streak.

Edgy MD Jun 25 2020 02:35 PM Re: The New Summer Season

It would be the equivalent of a 29.7-game winning streak.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2020 02:47 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Schedule due to be released within the next two weeks.

ashie62 Jun 25 2020 03:07 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Sprint could and should be fun Lotsa bullpen opener games coming Truly would like to find out what Cespedes is abile to do, like 15 homers in 55 games pleez

Benjamin Grimm Jun 27 2020 06:25 AM Re: The New Summer Season

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Benjamin Grimm Jul 02 2020 07:15 PM Re: The New Summer Season

I'm really looking forward to seeing the schedule. Games are supposed to start in three weeks. There should be a schedule soon. I guess hotels are mostly empty so the teams probably don't need to book rooms too far in advance.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 03 2020 03:16 PM Re: The New Summer Season

We should take a poll. How likely is it that the 2020 season will be played to a conclusion without interruption? ... that in the end, the 2020 season will have to be canceled because of the pandemic? ... that the 2020 season will be completed, but with pandemic-related interruptions or stoppages. What do youse think will happen if one or two teams have to go into quarantine during the 2020 season? Will the whole league shut down for that quarantine, or just the teams in question? And if it's just the teams affected, do they forfeit their games while in quarantine, or will those games (as many as 2 weeks worth?) be rescheduled. This last option seems too disruptive and impractical to pull off. I guess if a main roster has to quarantine, the team probably brings up replacements en masse from the overall 60 man eligible roster. I thought of this and then came up with what I thought might be the answer as I was writing the post above. Today The Athletic ponders this question. What happens if one team has to shut down? Where will MLB draw the line? Excerpt: One team. That's all it would take. An outbreak of COVID-19 in just one clubhouse. It's the last thing anyone in baseball wants to spend much time fixating on right now, on the day teams finally return to the diamond to start refocusing on Opening Day. But it's a scenario this sport has no choice but to prepare for. What would happen if one team – only one – had to stop play and shut down for even a couple of weeks? That's the question I posed this week to medical experts and people inside the game. Take a deep breath, because the ramifications are enormous. What would happen to the schedule – not just for that team but for multiple teams? How would clubs be affected that were supposed to play that team? Who in Major League Baseball would have to make that decision to shut down a team? And most importantly, what would need to happen to force MLB to make it? The answer is probably a much smaller outbreak than you'd think. [***] In other words, Binney said, the threshold would be far lower than, say, 10 or 12 people on one club testing positive. Even four cases in a week, or three in five days, should sound alarms. And that would be especially troublesome if these were players who were known to have spent significant time together. Are we talking about a group of infielders? Players with lockers near each other? [***] Baseball officials know they'll be facing these types of decisions at a time when the virus is surging again in nearly every area they play in. [***] ... baseball will not be trying to play inside a bubble, like the NBA and NHL. It will lose sight of every player in between home games. It will depend on those same players not to visit bars, restaurants or even the local 7-Eleven on the road. So while it will be hard enough to pull this off in that NBA bubble, “MLB is playing much looser,” Binney said. “They're relying on the honor system.” https://theathletic.com/1907562/2020/07/03/stark-what-happens-if-one-team-has-to-shut-down-where-will-mlb-draw-the-line/

nymr83 Jul 03 2020 05:07 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Per ESPN: [url]https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29406217/31-mlb-players-positive-coronavirus-first-round-tests Thirty-one players were positive for COVID-19 in Major League Baseball's first round of coronavirus testing, the league and players' union announced Friday. Seven staff members also tested positive. The 38 positives represent 1.2% of 3,185 samples collected for the first set of results. For comparison, the NBA on June 26 reported a 5.3% rate of positive tests (16 of 302) among players, while MLS announced a positive rate of 2.7% (18 of 668) among players two days later. that is not nearly as many as I would have expected. Makes you wonder what those NBA players were up to.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 03 2020 05:35 PM Re: The New Summer Season

That averages to almost exactly one per team, but I read somewhere that the 31 players are spread among 19 teams, which means that 11 of the teams have zero positive cases. So far. Apparently, for HIPAA reasons, the new COVID-19 inactive list is going to be kept secret from the public. Are we going to see players just suddenly stop appearing in games with no explanation? I think if that happens, people will be able to put two and two together.

bmfc1 Jul 04 2020 06:16 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Stroman and Rosario didn't work out yesterday. Stroman tweeted that he'll be at CF on Sunday. Update: Stroman is "ready to rock": https://twitter.com/STR0/status/1279392422942969856

kcmets Jul 04 2020 07:36 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Just saw a Mets 'spring training' report on the local news. I forgot Luis Rojas was our skipper. 2020, sheesh...

G-Fafif Jul 04 2020 07:52 AM Re: The New Summer Season

=kcmets post_id=39868 time=1593869800 user_id=53] I forgot Luis Rojas was our skipper. 2020, sheesh...

Rojas says he plans to use Shawon Dunston off the bench.

kcmets Jul 04 2020 10:55 AM Re: The New Summer Season

You a funny man! haha

Lefty Specialist Jul 04 2020 11:12 AM Re: The New Summer Season

It does seem that MLB is taking a lot of things on faith. Seems inevitable that there's going to be a cluster in at least one team in the next 3 months. And then what?

Benjamin Grimm Jul 04 2020 11:16 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Four Atlanta players* have tested positive, including Freddie Freeman. *Are we going to have to stop calling them the Braves? The historical Atlanta team name is also problematic. "The Crackers".

bmfc1 Jul 04 2020 02:01 PM Re: The New Summer Season Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 04 2020 08:54 PM

https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1279484480151973888

batmagadanleadoff Jul 04 2020 02:10 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Mike Trout doesn't ‘feel comfortable' about playing in 2020 and he's not alone Even [Trout] is not certain he will play. “Honestly, I still don't feel comfortable,” the three-time American League MVP said. “I don't want to test positive and bring it back to my wife. I've thought hard about this, and I'm still thinking about this. This is a tough time, a tough situation everyone is in.” [***] The concerns go beyond the Angels' clubhouse. Trout said multiple players on other teams have expressed their doubts to him about baseball's ability to successfully pull off a return with the lingering threat of the coronavirus. “They're all thinking the same thing,” Trout said. “Is this going to work?” Trout's concerns are more personal, beyond the bickering between MLB and the MLB Players Association that he described as “messy.” He and his wife, Jessica, are expecting their first child in August, bringing about its own set of complicating factors. [***] “I can't put them in jeopardy,” Trout said. “Obviously, being with them and keeping them the healthiest is my top priority.” https://theathletic.com/1908520/2020/07/03/mike-trout-doesnt-feel-comfortable-about-playing-in-2020-and-hes-not-alone/

Frayed Knot Jul 04 2020 03:39 PM Re: The New Summer Season

David Price informs all his Dodger fans -- in case you've forgotten (and it would be understandable if you had since everything prior to March seems like three years ago) Price was part of the salary shedding trade* this winter involving Boston & LA which sent all kinds of players everywhere including Mookie Betts to LA -- that he won't be playing baseball in 2020. He at least, unlike Betts, won't be a FA this winter so this doesn't automatically close the book on him being a Dodger in the future, just the near future. * Feb 10: Betts & Price sent to LA for 24 y/o OF Alex Verdugo plus two minor leaguers

nymr83 Jul 04 2020 08:30 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Benjamin Grimm wrote: That averages to almost exactly one per team, but I read somewhere that the 31 players are spread among 19 teams, which means that 11 of the teams have zero positive cases. So far. Apparently, for HIPAA reasons, the new COVID-19 inactive list is going to be kept secret from the public. Are we going to see players just suddenly stop appearing in games with no explanation? I think if that happens, people will be able to put two and two together. Of course, putting two and two together doesnt violate HIPAA. member of the public, or sportwriters, speculating doesn't either. Which leads to a question: Can the national broadcasters or broadcasters who are NOT employed by the team or SNY which is really owned by the team speculate on air? next question, does anyone even care? the Jets basically said "Sam Darnold has Mono" - maybe that was cleared with him?

batmagadanleadoff Jul 04 2020 08:34 PM Re: The New Summer Season

I always thought that the rule was that if the injury or health condition was related to the sport itself, then it could be disclosed publicly. But then again, RA Dickey's missing ulnar nerve or whatever it is that he ain't got was disclosed so I guess I'm not really sure. Maybe there's a special rule for covid-19 that the league agreed to regarding disclosures. HIPAA forbids disclosures by anybody and for anything unless the patient otherwise consents. Perhaps the bargaining agreement allows teams to disclose player's health issues, or at least some of them.

RealityChuck Jul 05 2020 02:29 PM Re: The New Summer Season

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=39920 time=1593916453 user_id=68] I always thought that the rule was that if the injury or health condition was related to the sport itself, then it could be disclosed publicly. But then again, RA Dickey's missing ulnar nerve or whatever it is that he ain't got was disclosed so I guess I'm not really sure. Maybe there's a special rule for covid-19 that the league agreed to regarding disclosures. HIPAA forbids disclosures by anybody and for anything unless the patient otherwise consents. Perhaps the bargaining agreement allows teams to disclose player's health issues, or at least some of them.

Dickey didn't realize he had a problem until after he was drafted. A doctor noticed the problem.



Any bets that the season doesn't finish?

Benjamin Grimm Jul 05 2020 03:55 PM Re: The New Summer Season

I think there's a very good chance that the season doesn't finish. I also think there's a decent enough chance that it won't even start.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 06 2020 08:11 AM Re: The New Summer Season

MLB Press Release wrote: The 2020 60-game Major League Baseball schedule will be announced tonight, July 6, on MLB Tonight: Schedule Release presented by Camping World live at 6:00 p.m. EDT on MLB Network hosted by Matt Vasgersian with analysis from Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci, the one-hour special will unveil key matchups and dates of the 60-game schedule, which will begin on Thursday, July 23 and Friday, July 24. I can't imagine sitting and watching this. While I'm looking forward to seeing the schedule, I really don't care enough to sit through an hour of "analysis" to find out if the Mets are going to play the Marlins on August 1 or August 10. I'll take a peek at the schedule online some time after 7. Sorry, Camping World!

MFS62 Jul 06 2020 08:14 AM Re: The New Summer Season

When you don't have a real event to show, everything is an event. Later

Lefty Specialist Jul 06 2020 10:20 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think there's a very good chance that the season doesn't finish. I also think there's a decent enough chance that it won't even start. Trying not to get too excited about this 'season' because I fear you're right.

G-Fafif Jul 06 2020 01:21 PM Re: The New Summer Season

The happiest man in baseball is optimistic. https://twitter.com/snytv/status/1280204898076893185?s=21

Benjamin Grimm Jul 06 2020 01:24 PM Re: The New Summer Season

You know, right now I'll be happy if they play one game.

G-Fafif Jul 06 2020 04:11 PM Re: The New Summer Season

https://twitter.com/anthonydicomo/status/1280262784547205121?s=21

G-Fafif Jul 10 2020 10:10 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Buster Posey has opted out.

MFS62 Jul 10 2020 01:53 PM Re: The New Summer Season

In an intrasquad game DeGrom gave up a double the the leadoff batter for the other "team", some guy named Jed Lowrie. He lives! Later

Benjamin Grimm Jul 10 2020 03:17 PM Re: The New Summer Season

So what you're saying is that Jacob deGrom can't get Jed Lowrie out.

MFS62 Jul 10 2020 03:20 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Benjamin Grimm wrote: So what you're saying is that Jacob deGrom can't get Jed Lowrie out. Well, this time. Jake has always been a slow starter, so don't panic. (ludicrous meter getting warmed up for the start of the season) Later

bmfc1 Jul 14 2020 02:21 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Yasiel Puig to Atlanta. Not good news.

Frayed Knot Jul 14 2020 05:05 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Had totally forgotten that Puig was a FA and that he had spent all winter/spring unattached. Still just 29 y/o and, although he's been wearing out welcomes lately, he's the type of player you can see the Braves getting a great year out of while he sings for further suppers. Will essentially replace Nick Markakis -- who himself did a nice aging-player renaissance thing in 'Lanta over the past few years at ages 34 & 35 -- as he has opted to sit this Covid-season out.

whippoorwill Jul 14 2020 05:15 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Rich Puig relative?

Frayed Knot Jul 14 2020 05:31 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Ummm, no. Yasiel Puig is the big, muscular -- and a bit crazy -- Cuban native the Dodgers signed for mega-bucks about seven years ago when he was barely known to most teams. He bounced from the Reds to Indians last year after the Dodgers tired of his various acts. [FIMG=150]https://www.baseball-reference.com/req/202001270/images/headshots/2/29123bcd_davis.jpg[/FIMG] Rich, 5' 10" / 165 from Tampa, Florida (which does have its share of Cubans) and the same HS as Dwight Gooden (I just now found that out) [FIMG=110]https://www.baseball-reference.com/req/202001270/images/headshots/e/e603a22f_milb.jpg[/FIMG] Yasiel, 6' 2" / 240 from Cienfuegos, Cuba

batmagadanleadoff Jul 14 2020 06:19 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Frayed Knot wrote: Ummm, no. Plus, their last names are heteronyms: words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. Anyone here know how to pronounce "Rich Puig" (first and last name)?

batmagadanleadoff Jul 15 2020 10:33 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Frayed Knot wrote: Ummm, no. Plus, their last names are heteronyms: words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. Anyone here know how to pronounce "Rich Puig" (first and last name)? Time's up! Youse are probably mispronouncing Rich Puig as if the name rhymes with Bitch (Captain) Queeg. It doesn't. Rich Puig is pronounced Rick Pwig -- (rhymes with Lick Twig).

kcmets Jul 18 2020 12:32 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Exhibition game tonight at Citi. Yankees! Should someone start a ExIGT? DVR locked and loaded.

G-Fafif Jul 18 2020 04:01 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Matt Adams has opted out — as a free agent.

Lefty Specialist Jul 18 2020 05:06 PM Re: The New Summer Season

=G-Fafif post_id=40853 time=1595109679 user_id=55] Matt Adams has opted out — as a free agent.

Won't be missed.

LWFS Jul 18 2020 05:43 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Between Smith, Ces, and a handful of others, he seemed, even in a DHy year, like, triply or quadruply redundant.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jul 18 2020 06:21 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Beat it, Adams.

Frayed Knot Jul 18 2020 06:51 PM Re: The New Summer Season

I had no recollection that Matt Adams was even a spring NYM ... but he's kind of old-ish and one-dimensional anyway. Maybe someday his son, Matt Quincy Adams, will be a more rounded player.

kcmets Jul 20 2020 11:25 AM Re: The New Summer Season

If you're near a TV NOW!!, Jay Horowitz is about to be on Dog's High Heat.

MFS62 Jul 20 2020 11:31 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Frayed Knot wrote: I had no recollection that Matt Adams was even a spring NYM ... but he's kind of old-ish and one-dimensional anyway. Maybe someday his son, Matt Quincy Adams, will be a more rounded player. You're on a roll. Later

kcmets Jul 20 2020 01:22 PM Re: The New Summer Season

I just got an email from Verizon alerting me that MLB Extra Innings is about to renew at $89.99. Seems a bit much for a possible (and somewhat doubtful) 60 games. These companies are blood-sniffing-scumbag typewriters.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 20 2020 01:28 PM Re: The New Summer Season

I just got that too. For me it's a little less because I got a discount for having well-trimmed nose hair. $89.99 is higher than it ought to be. I wonder how long it will take to get our refunds if the season ends in the first week of August?

kcmets Jul 20 2020 03:56 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Benjamin Grimm wrote: For me it's a little less because I got a discount for having well-trimmed nose hair. Staying well groomed has it's perks.

MFS62 Jul 20 2020 04:45 PM Re: The New Summer Season

From Yahoo Sports: The Washington Nationals announced on Monday that Dr. Anthony Fauci will throw out the first pitch on Thursday when they open their season against the New York Yankees. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is the nation's leading voice in the COVID-19 pandemic and has weighed in regularly on the return of sports amid the pandemic. He's also a big Nationals fan. Oh well. Nobody's perfect. Later

Lefty Specialist Jul 20 2020 05:07 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Boy, never saw this coming. Jed Lowrie Placed on IL

batmagadanleadoff Jul 21 2020 10:56 AM Re: The New Summer Season Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jul 21 2020 11:20 AM

I watched about 10 minutes of baseball last night -- the DBacks @ Dodgers game. It was the first live baseball I'd watched this year. (And even then it, technically, wasn't live. I was watching a two in the morning replay.) The only player I saw wearing a mask was the DBack first baseman. All but one of the batters I happened to see were maskless during their at-bats -- and the one batter I did see wearing a mask during his at-bat had the mask around his neck instead of over his mouth, like a fucking ascot. I saw a runner steal second base. During the play at the base, the runner's face came within inches of the middle infielder's face --(the infielder covering the bag on the tag play). And the runner was, presuambly, breathing heavily, due to the exertion he produced from running full speed to second base. Neither of those two players had masks on, either. The catchers were also maskless. The catchers, ferchrissakes. If this is how the players are going to go about, I give this whole experiment three weeks, tops, before it's shut down. On the bright side, I saw a cardboard cutout of Tommy Lasorda behind home plate. The Dodgers, I think, don't charge fans $$ for cutout placement. Instead, they select not so random subjects for the cardboard cutout treatment. Unless it's a mixed bag kinda deal, with fans who paid for placement mixed in with celebrities.

kcmets Jul 21 2020 11:13 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Lefty Specialist wrote: Jed Lowrie Placed on IL Lazy-Q - what team is he on these days?

bmfc1 Jul 22 2020 07:39 AM Re: The New Summer Season

I really dislike when the broadcast superimposes a strikezone onto the screen. SNY now has this feature (at least through the 2 exhibition games). From watching various games on MLBN it appears that it's standard for every broadcast.

Ceetar Jul 22 2020 07:57 AM Re: The New Summer Season

I mean, they're tested every two days right? They'd be safer if at least like, the catcher, batter and infielders wore masks while playing, (and ump) but I doubt that's enough for a mass infection, given the testing. I'd be more concerned about what players are doing before games, are they in their same maskless, clubhouse full of music and sweating? are they working out in the gym together? I still don't understand why they didn't move some of this stuff to concourses and the field, open air. trainers room, for example.

Frayed Knot Jul 22 2020 10:08 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Tomorrow will be the first ML game(s) in 266 days, which makes today the last day without ML baseball until ... well until the next one whenever that is: maybe next week, maybe three-plus months from now. I make the gap from the strike on August 12 of '94 until the April 26th '95 restart at 257 days

MFS62 Jul 22 2020 01:20 PM Re: The New Summer Season

The Daily News reporting that Marcus Stroman has a strained calf and may miss his first start. Later

G-Fafif Jul 22 2020 03:15 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Porcello was scratched from his intrasquad start today. DeGrom, Matz and Wacha And see who's sitting by their locka

MFS62 Jul 22 2020 03:32 PM Re: The New Summer Season

=G-Fafif post_id=41195 time=1595452535 user_id=55] DeGrom, Matz and Wacha And see who's sitting by their locka

It has a certain ring to it.

Later

bmfc1 Jul 22 2020 03:50 PM Re: The New Summer Season

I hope it's only Porcello being moved up to Saturday or Sunday and nothing else.

G-Fafif Jul 22 2020 04:18 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Stroman and Gsellman to the IL. DeGrom, Matz and Porcello in the first series. MLB and MLBPA trying to negotiate six more teams into playoffs at the last minute; might disrupt Predict The Mets.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 22 2020 04:21 PM Re: The New Summer Season

So... Five wild cards in each league? How would that work?

Benjamin Grimm Jul 22 2020 04:26 PM Re: The New Summer Season

I assume that the top-seeded wild card would join the division winners and get to skip the first round?

Benjamin Grimm Jul 23 2020 12:44 PM Re: The New Summer Season

CBS Sports wrote: Major League Baseball and the Players Association are having last-minute discussions about expanding the playoffs to 16 teams for the 2020 season, Jon Heyman reports. Included in those discussions is the idea that division winners will be able to choose their opponents during a televised selection show, according to ESPN's Buster Olney. The 2020 regular season begins Thursday night, and as Heyman reports, both sides would need to strike a deal before first pitch, which means there's little time to come to an agreement. The current playoff structure, which has been in place since 2012, features 10 playoff teams -- six division champions and two wild card entrants per league. A 16-team field would presumably add three more wild card teams per league and swell the playoffs to four full rounds. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-mlbpa-discussing-16-team-expanded-playoffs-and-selection-show-to-pick-opponents-for-2020-per-reports/ I'm not so sure why the deal has to be struck before the first pitch. Are the teams or managers going to do anything differently on Opening Night if there are 16 teams in the postseason from what they would have done if there were 10?

G-Fafif Jul 23 2020 01:55 PM Re: The New Summer Season

https://twitter.com/marlyriveraespn/status/1286388376468434944?s=21

Benjamin Grimm Jul 23 2020 02:10 PM Re: The New Summer Season

I'm glad it's (seemingly) happening in 2020, and glad it's not happening in 2021.

Frayed Knot Jul 23 2020 02:15 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm ... glad it's not happening in 2021. Yet!

G-Fafif Jul 23 2020 02:23 PM Re: The New Summer Season

https://twitter.com/jaysonst/status/1286394398767550466?s=21

ashie62 Jul 23 2020 02:25 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Juan Soto tested positive today. D.C. has a strict quarantine protocol. Rut roh

G-Fafif Jul 23 2020 02:31 PM Re: The New Summer Season

https://twitter.com/buster_espn/status/1286397258666319872?s=21

Benjamin Grimm Jul 23 2020 02:42 PM Re: The New Summer Season

https://twitter.com/jaysonst/status/1286394398767550466?s=21 That's a good idea. https://twitter.com/buster_espn/status/1286397258666319872?s=21 I suppose this is done so that it's more likely that a sub-.500 team will win the World Series??? This one is much less of a good idea. Looking at last year's standings, this formula would have given the Wild Card to the runners up with the best winning percentage, so the weird way would have had the same result as the logical way. The second-place teams that would have advanced would be the Rays (.593), Spiders (.574), Athletics (.599), Nationals (.574), Brewers (.549) and Diamondbacks (.525). The other four slots would all have gone to third-place teams: Red Sox (.519), Rangers (.481), Mets (.531) and Cubs (.519) So we'd have had one sub-.500 team, the Rangers. And the Mets would have been in as a third-place team (if it makes any practical difference) even though they had a better record than the second-place Diamondbacks.

bmfc1 Jul 23 2020 02:45 PM Re: The New Summer Season

=ashie62 post_id=41325 time=1595535913 user_id=90] Juan Soto tested positive today. D.C. has a strict quarantine protocol. Rut roh

The MFNs received an exemption from the protocol so the game can proceed.

Lefty Specialist Jul 23 2020 03:38 PM Re: The New Summer Season

So I guess the Mets almost HAVE to make the playoffs now. Things are so screwed up this year.

batmagadanleadoff Jul 23 2020 03:44 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Disgusting!

MFS62 Jul 23 2020 04:08 PM Re: The New Summer Season

The game we love starts on a slippery slope: NEW YORK (AP) -- Umpire Angel Hernandez, who has sued Major League Baseball over a lack of top assignments, will serve as an interim crew chief this season after a dozen umps decided to sit out amid the coronavirus pandemic. Eight crew chiefs and four other umpires have opted out. Later

Benjamin Grimm Jul 23 2020 07:07 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Tyler Kepner, The Thriving New York Times wrote: The new format — which covers only the 2020 season — will eliminate the wild-card play-in games, which had been held since 2012, when the playoff field was expanded to 10 teams from eight. Now, M.L.B. will begin the postseason with eight best-of-three matchups (four in each league), before the usual best-of-five division series and best-of-seven league championship and World Series rounds. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/sports/baseball/mlb-playoffs.html So a team that runs away with the division could be eliminated from the postseason after two games. (I guess it's not that different from how it's been, where a dominating team can be eliminated in three games.) I hope this format doesn't stick. I'm okay with it for 2020 because this year is entirely screwy anyway. And it's still not nearly as bad as the "international tiebreaker" (the runner starting the inning on second base, thinking he hit a double.)

Frayed Knot Jul 23 2020 07:28 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Except that now, in addition to the shorter and more luck-determined outcome in the 1st round matchup, a dominating team now will have three opportunities to be eliminated before even getting to a WS instead of just two. The 'benefit' that top teams are getting is that they'll be the home team in each of those three games. But three home games instead of two is barely a factor in determining who wins the overall series and the real reason this is being done is to get Round One in with no travel days/no off-days. If you're going to have additional series I have no problem with fewer off days (the fewer the better IMO) it's just that the cited advantage isn't what it's made out to be. My fear is that they'll declare this experiment a success based on whatever 'evidence' they feel like citing ('Hey, wasn't that one mini-series exciting?!? .. we should do this every year!!') and continue to be duped into thinking that the more-is-better theory of playoff participants is the way to go.

bmfc1 Jul 23 2020 09:16 PM Re: The New Summer Season

"So a team that runs away with the division could be eliminated from the postseason after two games." ... by a team that finished under .500. (Texas would have been the 8th seed in the AL last year despite being under .500.)

G-Fafif Jul 27 2020 11:44 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Rockies reliever Tim Collins opts out in the wake of the Marlins' outbreak.

G-Fafif Jul 30 2020 07:43 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Doubleheaders will now contain two seven-inning games. Because 14-man pitching staffs aren't deep enough.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 30 2020 07:51 PM Re: The New Summer Season

And each inning will start with the bases loaded.

Frayed Knot Jul 30 2020 07:53 PM Re: The New Summer Season

I assume this [the 7-inning DH's] pertains to DH's caused by weather related reasons and not just Covid-caused postponements. MLB is simply adjusting on the fly here, which is probably a good thing as long as this doesn't lead to some of these tweaks becoming permanent (because you know such talk will be in the mix).

G-Fafif Aug 01 2020 11:00 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Lorenzo Cain has opted out.

MFS62 Aug 01 2020 11:04 AM Re: The New Summer Season

=G-Fafif post_id=42252 time=1596159838 user_id=55] Doubleheaders will now contain two seven-inning games. Because 14-man pitching staffs aren't deep enough.

They will all be played in YS III?

Later

batmagadanleadoff Aug 01 2020 11:53 AM Re: The New Summer Season

This is exactly what I was thinking, especially the last sentence, when I saw no more than an inning and a half of a pre-season exhibition game between the DBacks and the Dodgers in which only one player wore a mask on the field: Yet, it didn't take training as a compliance officer to see high fives after homers, dogpiles after walk-offs, and spitting — lots of spitting. If players were having trouble following those rules while the cameras were on them in a ballpark, it doesn't exactly bolster confidence about adherence away from the cameras and away from the ballpark. https://theathletic.com/1951436/2020/07/31/big-week-for-baseball-30-teams-30-thoughts-and-the-ripple-effect-of-outbreaks/ OTOH, this current outbreak could be a wake-up call for MLB to get its act together and flatten -- no, squash - its curve.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 01 2020 05:17 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Red Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez is out for the season. Rodriguez has developed myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart, believed to have been caused by complications from his recent bout with covid-19. Rodriguez was slotted as his team's #1 or ace pitcher for this season.

MFS62 Aug 02 2020 06:03 AM Re: The New Summer Season

The Astros have been virus- free. I guess they saw the signs coming. (ducking) Later

G-Fafif Aug 02 2020 10:13 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Lefty Specialist wrote: Boy, never saw this coming. Jed Lowrie Placed on IL Jed's been moved to the 45-day IL, despite also being on the 7-, 10-, 15-, 21-, 30-, 60-, 180- and jillion-day IL.

nymr83 Aug 02 2020 11:16 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Lowrie should just duck out citing 'covid' and call it a day. 'While I realize covid isnt the most dangerous thing the world for someone my age, you all know I can't be described as "in good health", so i'm going to step aside and stay safe because anything I can catch I WILL catch"

G-Fafif Aug 04 2020 06:23 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Thirty-man roster will be trimmed to 28 as scheduled on Thursday, but won't be reduced to 26 two weeks later as previously planned (just heard Howie say MLB will stick with 28 because 2020).

batmagadanleadoff Aug 04 2020 07:07 PM Re: The New Summer Season

If the 2-1 Marlins keep on coming down with the coronavirus, they'd finish in first place with baseball's best record (.667), with whatever home field advantage that gets them.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 06 2020 02:39 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Steven Matz leads the league in HR's allowed (most) and hits allowed (also most). Also, the Mets are only one game behind the NL's current eighth-seeded team.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 08 2020 12:29 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Health experts worry coronavirus could cause lasting heart complications for athletes [FIMG=555]https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/X6QPZRWUKII6VATLZQ4U3ASOGU.jpg&w=916[/FIMG] Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez was sidelined for the season after screening revealed he had myocarditis. (Michael Dwyer/AP) Excerpt: “They think, ‘If I get, it's not a big deal; it's going to be like having a cold,' ” Schneider said. “It may not just be a cold. It may end your sports career. Hopefully not, but there is a sense it's much more serious than we are thinking, or in particular our young athletes are thinking.” Schneider is one of many cardiovascular experts concerned about the nascent, growing body of evidence about how covid-19 affects the heart. The studies have not focused on athletes, but their findings have implications for the sports world. Research raises the possibility that athletes who recover from covid-19 may face dire or lasting heart complications, and medical experts have urged cardiac screening for athletes returning to play after contracting the virus. Two high-level athletes — including the projected Opening Day starter for the Boston Red Sox — have reported heart issues in the wake of recovery from covid-19. [***] Dean Winslow, an infectious-disease doctor at Stanford University, said research has shown as many as 20 percent of people who recover from covid-19 show cardiac abnormalities. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/08/08/athletes-coronavirus-heart-complications/

batmagadanleadoff Aug 09 2020 10:02 AM Re: The New Summer Season

If this furshlugginer baseball season ended right now, the ninth seeded 6-9 Mets would miss the playoffs by half a game.

bmfc1 Aug 09 2020 03:01 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Today's BAL-WSH game has been suspended as the field is unplayable following the failure of the ground crew to get the tarp down in a timely manner. It's in the 6th inning but apparently when a ground crew messes up the game is suspended and not ended (they'll resume on Friday in Charm City). https://twitter.com/CharlieRicker24/status/1292542561186467845

Benjamin Grimm Aug 14 2020 04:37 AM Re: The New Summer Season

The St. Louis Cardinals have played five games. If they're going to play their full 60-game schedule, they'll have to play 55 games over 44 days.

LWFS Aug 15 2020 06:41 PM Re: The New Summer Season

I don't know what's more disturbing: the continued string of COVID-positive suspended games (Reds-Pirates this weekend), or the ridiculous simulated-video-crowd thing they're doing in the MFY-Red Sox game on Fox.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 17 2020 06:14 AM Re: The New Summer Season

The Mets next 13 scheduled games (four series) will all be against either the Marlins or the Yankees, assuming, of course, that the schedule holds up. The earliest deGrom might next pitch would be this Wednesday against Miami, having been definitively ruled out for today and tomorrow.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 18 2020 04:29 PM Re: The New Summer Season

The Dark Knight returns to the majors. The Royals activate Matt Harvey for tomorrow's game.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 20 2020 08:34 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Trevor Bauer is your NL Cy Young Award winner if the season ended today. Bauer hasn't allowed more than three hits in any of his starts. deGrom is one of this year's 10 best, stats-wise.

Fman99 Aug 20 2020 09:00 AM Re: The New Summer Season

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=44120 time=1597789794 user_id=68] The Dark Knight returns to the majors. The Royals activate Matt Harvey for tomorrow's game.

He took the loss -- 3 IP, 54 pitches, 4 K, 2 BB, 4 hits including 2 HRs. Had good movement on his pitches, I am told (95 MPH fastball and 87 MPH slider).

batmagadanleadoff Aug 21 2020 11:13 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Trevor Bauer -- hits allowed per nine innings -- 2.734.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 21 2020 11:18 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Bauer's also leading the league in strikeouts per nine innings with 14.013 -- the only pitcher over the 14 mark. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/2020-pitching-leaders.shtml

Benjamin Grimm Aug 25 2020 07:11 AM Re: The New Summer Season

I looked at the standings this morning for the first time since the Mets went on hiatus. They're only percentage points behind the Giants for the eight playoff spot. The Giants, in fourth place in the NL West, are 14-16, .467 and the Mets are 12-14, .462. If the Mets can take three of four against the Marlins, they'll move into second place.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 25 2020 11:45 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Trevor Bauer is human after all. He allows seven hits and four runs and takes the loss last night. Bauer's ERA skyrockets to 1.65. And this, from Zach Greinke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy5L4L5Q0nY

Frayed Knot Sep 04 2020 04:34 PM Re: The New Summer Season

A quick look at how each division is faring in this oddest of seasons. Since each team is only playing the teams of their own division plus one other, and that the result of all intra-division games has to net out to .500 overall, we can instantly know the source of how each division got to be either over or under .500 Turns out that the East is the most balanced at this point: AL East = 4 games over .500, NL East 4 games under The Central battle sees the AL kicking the NL's butt: +13 for ALC, -13 for the NL with much of the credit there going to the Pirates: 13 games under .500 overall (11-24) including a pathetic 1-11 vs ALC teams The West is just the opposite where the NL is 13 games over and the AL 13 under. And obviously this means that overall the AL is +4 vs the NL in inter-league this season 95-91 with runs scored at a virtual dead heat 890-887 going into today's action. I don't have any kind of point to make here, I was just curious how things were going so I looked it up and figured I'd share/inflict this information with/upon you folks.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 11 2020 09:48 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Ex-Mets in the news: Pittsburgh Pirates placed RHP Tyler Bashlor on the 10-day injured list. Lower back inflammation. Atlanta Braves placed LHP Tommy Milone on the 10-day injured list. Left elbow inflammation. Philadelphia Phillies designated 1B Neil Walker for assignment.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 18 2020 07:01 AM Re: The New Summer Season

Conforto, Dom Smith and McNeil are four, five and six, respectively, in the NL Batting Average race --- and there's still enough season left that any of those three Mets, but especially Conforto and Smith, could still win the batting crown.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 20 2020 02:37 PM Re: The New Summer Season

It's looking like soon, the Mets will have had two first place finishes in 32 seasons. This will be the Wilpon legacy.

G-Fafif Sep 22 2020 01:34 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Tim Kurkjian on the void of 2020. A dear friend, a baseball purist in his late 70s, called recently. He was distressed. "For the first time in 70 years,'' he said, "I don't care about baseball.'' He wasn't angry. He was hurt and sad that the game he loves wasn't delivering -- it had somehow let him down. I tried to explain that this wasn't the fault of the game; COVID-19 was to blame. It has changed everything in and around baseball -- it has changed how we play, watch, perceive and consume the game. It has changed how we all write, report and broadcast the game. "Everything is hard now,'' said Indians manager Tito Francona, who is as gregarious as it gets. So is Rays manager Kevin Cash, who said of the experience this year, "This isn't fun.'' They are not complaining. And you'll get no complaints here, no sympathy required. I remain the luckiest man on earth. I get paid to write about baseball and broadcast games a couple of nights a week. I am so grateful that I get to watch 15 games a night instead of another episode of "Succession" -- which is brilliant and depressing. But Cash is right. It hasn't been nearly as much fun. No fans in the stands, players who have opted out of the season, the many others who have been injured, the mangling of the schedule due to coronavirus outbreaks (mostly notably with the Marlins and the Cardinals), making up rules on the fly and the threat that the season could end any day, perhaps without warning. And having to cover all of this from home has made it so much more difficult. Most players would rather play at home. I am longing for a road game. There is no substitute for being at the ballpark. The things you see there, the things you learn there, can't be found watching on TV, on your computer or even in the beloved box scores. It's just not the same without fans in the stands; we have underrated and understated their importance to the game. The energy, the atmosphere that a crowd brings is clearly missing, and it has affected many players, including the Reds' Eugenio Suarez and the Brewers' Christian Yelich, who, like many, feed off the passion of the fans. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29898470/this-fun-how-everyone-baseball-navigated-very-different-season

MFS62 Sep 22 2020 01:59 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Happy 100th Birthday Roger Angell - his love for the game knows no bounds. (paywall may pop up) https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/roger-angell-turns-one-hundred Later

bmfc1 Sep 22 2020 06:26 PM Re: The New Summer Season

There was something in Jeff Passan's column today about the draft order for 2021 and whether it would be based on this season alone or this season and all or part of last season. He speculated that it would just be this season. If it's just this season that the defending champions get a Top 10 pick while the Mets are around #10. http://www.tankathon.com/mlb

Frayed Knot Sep 22 2020 06:45 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Re: that Kurkjian article above It IS less fun this season. It's more fun than NO season would be so I can't complain too much. But I find myself less interested in what other teams are doing even though more of those O-o-T games theoretically mean more to the Mets. Late night scores are going unchecked during my morning computer check and I'm watching fewer O-o-T games when they're available. I'll probably get into the odd post-season we're about to embark upon although with the fear inside my head that the powers that be will mistake the quirkiness of this season for for a sign of what the game needs going forward on a permanent basis.

Frayed Knot Sep 30 2020 03:25 PM Re: The New Summer Season

Home team winning pct in 2019: 52.5% Home team winning pct in 2020 w/no fans: 55.17% Just sayin'