Major League Baseball in 2021

[Angels 1961]

I see 154 games season start end of April, some double headers in schedule. I have inside information from reporter from LA Times.

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

so the nfl is about to finish a full season.

the nhl and nba are playing modified schedules, but they're playing.

and once again, the mlb is going to screw things up in their sport. as a fan, it's hard to understand why. 

Owners.

The players and MLB have a contract...  This is ownership basically saying, hey yeah, lets change it up where you get less than you've already bargained for and we get more.

And they are doing it in the media.... Again.

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

so the nfl is about to finish a full season.

the nhl and nba are playing modified schedules, but they're playing.

and once again, the mlb is going to screw things up in their sport. as a fan, it's hard to understand why. 

It's clearly because Arte Moreno still hasn't stepped up.

[ScottT]

16 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Owners.

The players and MLB have a contract...  This is ownership basically saying, hey yeah, lets change it up where you get less than you've already bargained for and we get more.

And they are doing it in the media.... Again.

They wouldn't get less.

They won't get less.  

I get why they aren't going to accept it, but they are getting their full salaries barring something, well, bizarre.  Murder hornets.  Super volcano.  Asteroid.   Etc.

[Angels 1961]

This will all be explained in your morning edition of the LA Times

[Inside Pitch]

12 minutes ago, ScottT said:

They wouldn't get less.

They won't get less.  

I get why they aren't going to accept it, but they are getting their full salaries barring something, well, bizarre.  Murder hornets.  Super volcano.  Asteroid.   Etc.

The issue is they already have that agreement in place, and it already guarantees them they won't get less.... its called the CBA.  This agreement would put that in jeopardy by giving Manfred the power to unilaterally cancel the season for any of those reasons you stated.... Minus that clause the players could sue MLB.

This is just a power grab by the commish and more guaranteed revenue for ownership.  They aren't acting in good faith.

[Stradling]

6 hours ago, Lou said:

No universal DH this year.

 

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, Angels 1961 said:

This will all be explained in your morning edition of the LA Times

Plot twist: Angels 1961 is Bill Shaikin's alt account.

[ten ocho recon scout]

154 games...

Pujols rebounds this year. Goes on a tear.

Game 154 he hits for the cycle... HR 699 and Double 699... and we wonder what could have been, with a full 162 games.

Then we resign him to a year deal for 6 million next year.

 

[T.G.]

5 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

154 games...

Pujols rebounds this year. Goes on a tear.

Game 154 he hits for the cycle... HR 699 and Double 699... and we wonder what could have been, with a full 162 games.

Then we resign him to a year deal for 6 million next year.

 

[Inside Pitch]

This guy is great .... What a great rundown of the PR games MLB employs

[ScottT]

On 1/31/2021 at 6:28 PM, Inside Pitch said:

The issue is they already have that agreement in place, and it already guarantees them they won't get less.... its called the CBA

Hence, my comment that they won't get less.

[DMVol]

Right now, MLB and the Union can’t agree that it is Tuesday.....The can both go to hell....Absolutely no desire to agree on anything....there won’t be any baseball to start 2022, book it.....

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, ScottT said:

Hence, my comment that they won't get less.

Now quote the rest of my response...

On 1/31/2021 at 9:28 PM, Inside Pitch said:

This agreement would put that in jeopardy by giving Manfred the power to unilaterally cancel the season for any of those reasons you stated.... Minus that clause the players could sue MLB.

You're asking them to blindly trust Manfred.   Not gonna happen.

I wonder if the players would have agreed to that deal had that bit not been included -- even with all the postseason TV money going to the owners.   

This is gonna get dumb again.

[Inside Pitch]

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/what-mlb-mlbpa-negotiations-mean-for-2021-season-and-beyond-and-why-players-rejected-leagues-offer/

Im guessing we will see a ton of these articles between now and whenever they DO finally play games.

[Junkballer]

35 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/what-mlb-mlbpa-negotiations-mean-for-2021-season-and-beyond-and-why-players-rejected-leagues-offer/

Im guessing we will see a ton of these articles between now and whenever they DO finally play games.

Good article. 

His podcast re: the Porter/Callaway issues at the bottom of the page was a grandstanding extravaganza though.  He should stick to articles.

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, DMVol said:

Right now, MLB and the Union can’t agree that it is Tuesday.....The can both go to hell....Absolutely no desire to agree on anything....there won’t be any baseball to start 2022, book it.....

And someone will still need tommy john

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

And someone will still need tommy john

someonesssss

[Inside Pitch]

39 minutes ago, Lou said:

someonesssss

And then...  

 

[ScottT]

Yeah, I'm considering the source, but...

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

55 minutes ago, ScottT said:

Yeah, I'm considering the source, but...

 

Welp. There goes my plans of standing outside tempe diablo and getting a cobb and an either iglesias autograph on my simmons jersey

F*ck 2021

[Tank]

4 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/what-mlb-mlbpa-negotiations-mean-for-2021-season-and-beyond-and-why-players-rejected-leagues-offer/

Im guessing we will see a ton of these articles between now and whenever they DO finally play games.

thanks - that was a very helpful article.

there's already a deal in place, agreed to by both sides, and it needs to be honored. let's get to work.

[Tank]

37 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Welp. There goes my plans of standing outside tempe diablo and getting a cobb and an either iglesias autograph on my simmons jersey

F*ck 2021

[ScottT]

2 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Welp. There goes my plans of standing outside tempe diablo and getting a cobb and an either iglesias autograph on my simmons jersey

F*ck 2021

I guess it means I won't get accused by some senile old af "security" dude at the Tempe Diablo Stadium practice fields of allegedly running onto the field to get a baseball.  I was not a kid when this alleged incident took place.  I was not even a young adult.   It was hilarious. 

25% capacity Tempe Diablo Stadium sounds awesome..

[Lou]

2 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

There goes my plans of standing outside tempe diablo and getting a cobb

perv