POLL: Will MLB Eventually Cancel the 2020 Season?

[Lou]

14 minutes ago, Slegnaac said:

Channel 411?

@Tank?

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

@Tank?

Seems like an appropriate channel for cricket.

Meanwhile, there’s hockey on 221.

[TooCool]

Last team standing will be the 2020 Champs. And the baseball gods will make sure the Astros do so.

[Claude]

[Mark68]

I think they will and they probably should.

[failos]

Springer just canceled the Angels’ season

[Taylor]

4 minutes ago, sosh said:

The Angels just canceled the Angels’ season

Fixed

[Puget Sound Angel]

MLB has bungled this opening so badly, they will have to close it down.

During the three months prior to the opening, the other leagues were talking about safety issues related to playing while all baseball talked about was salaries.

[Jay]

Either way it's another wasted year of Trout's career.

 

[Jason]

Since the Angels are trying their hardest to suck (and are succeeding). I’m perfectly fine canceling the remainder of the season. 

[Jason]

1 hour ago, Jay said:

Either way it's another wasted year of Trout's career.

 

“Another wasted year” seems to be a consistent pattern. Got to love the quality pitching 

[disarcina]

really needed to think about being able to actually play through October before even starting up.

heard Buster Only (ESPN guy) on the radio the other day making some comment (about the Miami franchise situation and others) -- "It's a strange season so it's OK if Miami plays 45 to 50 games while other teams play 60". HUH?   

Now MLB is really beginning to sound like a pick up softball beer league........

a definite asterisk with be placed on any WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP crowned in 2020

[disarcina]

Buster Olney - either spell check or fat fingers - probably both

 

[kevinb]

With the new Covid positives I don’t know how much longer MLB can look like idiots. This should have been in a bubble. I am leaning more and more to the idea MLB will not finish this year. 

[Stradling]

Just now, Kevinb said:

With the new Covid positives I don’t know how much longer MLB can look like idiots. This should have been in a bubble. I am leaning more and more to the idea MLB will not finish this year. 

I just can’t see how a bubble is possible in baseball.  900 players.  A bubble would mean they would all be in the same place, basically.  Then you have to find a state to host it.  Then that state needs to have a minimum of 15 MLB quality fields all within a reasonable drive so they can drive back to the bubble each night.  So the closest bet would be So Cal, but I highly doubt the governor would allow that to happen.  Also who wants to drive 90 minutes down to SD and back from OC/LA?

[Blarg]

Good possibility that it eventually reaches one of those critical mass points where there is not enough damage control to continue. 

Even with how badly the Angels have played I would miss even watching them lose for the next 50 or so games. 

[Stradling]

Just now, Blarg said:

Good possibility that it eventually reaches one of those critical mass points where there is not enough damage control to continue. 

Even with how badly the Angels have played I would miss even watching them lose for the next 50 or so games. 

This is how I feel, well said.

[kevinb]

5 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I just can’t see how a bubble is possible in baseball.  900 players.  A bubble would mean they would all be in the same place, basically.  Then you have to find a state to host it.  Then that state needs to have a minimum of 15 MLB quality fields all within a reasonable drive so they can drive back to the bubble each night.  So the closest bet would be So Cal, but I highly doubt the governor would allow that to happen.  Also who wants to drive 90 minutes down to SD and back from OC/LA?

Could have done it in Arizona and Florida. Or done 3 or 4 bubbles. The way they are doing it now doesn’t seem like its successful. Better to have more control up front like NBA and NHL are doing it and then if its going well to let loose some restrictions. I fear that the season is just not going to finish. You can’t sit down multiple teams for multiple days in a row. Just isn’t looking good right now for MLB. 

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, Kevinb said:

Could have done it in Arizona and Florida. Or done 3 or 4 bubbles. The way they are doing it now doesn’t seem like its successful. Better to have more control up front like NBA and NHL are doing it and then if its going well to let loose some restrictions. I fear that the season is just not going to finish. You can’t sit down multiple teams for multiple days in a row. Just isn’t looking good right now for MLB. 

But both of those states are hot beds for Covid right now and who wants to play in the desert outside and in the humidity of Florida in the summer.  Also there is no comparison between baseball and basketball or hockey.  They play indoors so the weather outside doesn’t matter.  

[kevinb]

2 minutes ago, Stradling said:

But both of those states are hot beds for Covid right now and who wants to play in the desert outside and in the humidity of Florida in the summer.  Also there is no comparison between baseball and basketball or hockey.  They play indoors so the weather outside doesn’t matter.  

I mean no state is ideal right? Playing outside is less likely to contract it then playing inside. What they are doing right now may not be failing, but it isn’t going great. If they had it in Florida and say Arizona its basically lock down like the NBA is doing. It’s basketball then back to your room or hotel. MLB could have been much more proactive then they are. Which may result in a shutting down of MLB for the entire season. Hopefully not but time will tell. There’s countless ways they could have done it, where there is no travel required. AL/NL West could have stayed home in California and so on and so forth for the other divisions. Made everyone stay in a couple hotels and there you have it. 

[Blarg]

9 minutes ago, Kevinb said:

Could have done it in Arizona and Florida. Or done 3 or 4 bubbles. The way they are doing it now doesn’t seem like its successful. Better to have more control up front like NBA and NHL are doing it and then if its going well to let loose some restrictions. I fear that the season is just not going to finish. You can’t sit down multiple teams for multiple days in a row. Just isn’t looking good right now for MLB. 

You cannot play baseball in the Arizona heat in July and August, there is only one domed stadium. 

[kevinb]

4 minutes ago, Blarg said:

You cannot play baseball in the Arizona heat in July and August, there is only one domed stadium. 

What do you mean you cant? I mean you can you’d just have to do it early morning or late night games and do night games. There have been games played in the heat before. Football players do it in freezing temperatures or in hot humid conditions and in Football you are exerting way more energy than a baseball player. You’re out on the field for three outs and then you’re in the dug out and bat 3-5 times a game. It could be done. 

[Stradling]

41 minutes ago, Kevinb said:

What do you mean you cant? I mean you can you’d just have to do it early morning or late night games and do night games. There have been games played in the heat before. Football players do it in freezing temperatures or in hot humid conditions and in Football you are exerting way more energy than a baseball player. You’re out on the field for three outs and then you’re in the dug out and bat 3-5 times a game. It could be done. 

No, you really can’t.  Also it is 100 degrees at 9 in the morning.  So the reason they are playing is to get TV revenue.  What kind of ratings are you getting at 8am and 11pm?  

[kevinb]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

No, you really can’t.  Also it is 100 degrees at 9 in the morning.  So the reason they are playing is to get TV revenue.  What kind of ratings are you getting at 8am and 11pm?  

I mean why can’t you play in 100 degrees? These are top athletes in the world? But you could do this other places California has a lot of ball parks and it’s not 100 degrees. Arizona is just one option. You could theoretically split it up between 4 to 8 states. Would you agree that the way they are doing it now doesn’t seem to be working?

[Stradling]

1 hour ago, Kevinb said:

I mean why can’t you play in 100 degrees? These are top athletes in the world? But you could do this other places California has a lot of ball parks and it’s not 100 degrees. Arizona is just one option. You could theoretically split it up between 4 to 8 states. Would you agree that the way they are doing it now doesn’t seem to be working?

California is the best place, but I don't think they would have gotten approval.  The reason you can't play in 100 degree whether is because it sucks and there is really no reason to.  Also it isn't 100 degrees, it could be 115 degrees.  I was in Havasu two weeks ago and it was 117-119.