Coronavirus and the 2020 Season (Season Postponed, pg3)

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

On the bad side, little AW is on the cubs. I told him he’d have to wear his cards hat instead of the cubs one.

[InvincibleCakeEater]

On the bad side, little AW is on the cubs. I told him he’d have to wear his cards hat instead of the cubs one.

don't be that guy

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

On the bad side, little AW is on the cubs. I told him he’d have to wear his cards hat instead of the cubs one.

don't be that guy

Why

[tlombard]

I kind of feel like the names/likeness of rival teams should not be used in the other city. I wouldn't expect to see the Cards in a Chicago youth league, Red Sox in a NY based league, etc. Just don't do that to the kids!!!

[InvincibleCakeEater]

I kind of feel like the names/likeness of rival teams should not be used in the other city. I wouldn't expect to see the Cards in a Chicago youth league, Red Sox in a NY based league, etc. Just don't do that to the kids!!!

The little kids don't care, it's the parents.

[heyzeus]

Who's excited for a grudging, truncated season that is likely to be called off due to a lethal pandemic at any moment! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[mikechamp]

Disclaimer: I have not read this article yet, but the headline along with the author's credentials inspired me to share it here:

Resolving This Player-Owner Dispute Should Be Easy

Dr. Matt Swartz is a Labor Economist who has researched and published on MLB labor markets for over a decade at websites including The Hardball Times, FanGraphs, and Baseball Prospectus, as well as at MLB Trade Rumors. Matt created the arbitration salary projection model for MLB Trade Rumors, and co-created the SIERA pitching statistic available at FanGraphs. He has consulted for a Major League team since 2013, in addition to working in his day job as an economist in the cable industry. This article reflects his own opinion and not that of any of his employers or clients.

The MLB Owners and MLB Players Association have been unable to reach an agreement for the financial terms of the 2020 season, and at this point they may not reach one at all. Both sides have focused publicly on the morality of their case, each believing they have the ethical upper hand. Neither has made proposals that reflect their actual negotiating position. That the arguments have primarily focused on morality is perhaps not surprising, but it doesn’t create fertile ground for an actual substantive negotiation. I studied bargaining theory, and I don’t remember anything about how to win a moral argument. The ethics are what they are, and any reasonable person could make either side’s case if they really tried. The union seems to be winning the PR war thus far, as fans seem to mostly blame owners, but supportive tweets from fans are not convertible into currency.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/06/ ... -easy.html

[Jocephus]

[heyzeus]

I knew i should've voted for the moose option.

[mikechamp]

They're running out of time... on both ends.

Dr. Anthony Fauci says MLB should consider not playing into October

How long should baseball’s short season extend? The players say November. The owners say October.

But, if the sole factor is minimizing risk for the novel coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci said the major leagues would be wise to wrap up the postseason in September.

“If the question is time, I would try to keep it in the core summer months and end it not with the way we play the World Series, until the end of October when it’s cold,” Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in a telephone interview with The Times on Tuesday. “I would avoid that.”

https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/ ... to-october