GDT: 2020 MLB Thread

[Canes]

Baseball without a bubble will have AA and AAA players as half the roster by the middle of the season, if it gets that far.

 

[NJDevs26]

They apparently are looking at Saturday doubleheader to make sure testing done

Doesn't it take a few days for a positive result to show after exposure? This would just be a weak attempt at covering their behinds.

 

[c9777666]

Baseball without a bubble will have AA and AAA players as half the roster by the middle of the season, if it gets that far.

Over/under: will the season get as far as August 15?

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Doesn't it take a few days for a positive result to show after exposure? This would just be a weak attempt at covering their behinds.

That seems right although I admit I don't know for sure. But yeah there's no way they could wait, test and then wait for results and not fugazi the schedule. But can you imagine if they test just to cover themselves, get negatives and play the series and then a Nats player gets sick and/or subsequently tests positive? Now that's two entire rosters in question.

I'm sure they put protocol in place for this but you have to wonder if it's sufficient.

Over/under: will the season get as far as August 15?

Right? The schedule will (likely/probably/potentially) collapse at some point.

 

[Cas]

No reason to risk injury to real pitchers in this farce.

Under these conditions, why go on with any games?

I agree and have argued this all year.

 

[EpochLink]

Expanded playoffs!

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

how does that happen? a false positive?

Xavier Ouellet on the Habs seemingly had a false positive last week, so yes it can happen. He was testing negative, next day tested positive, tested negative every day since. Never had symptoms. Ouellet did have COVID-19 antibodies though, so it appears he had it at some point. This may be Soto's situation, he may have had it in weeks ago without knowing.

 

[MMC]

 

[John Price]

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Guess thats why he was a doctor

 

[hockeykicker]

its a race to get some innings in before the rain takes scherzer and cole out

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

The ESPN crew is not even there...

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Wtf, why are they not at the stadium to call the game?

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Wtf, why are they not at the stadium to call the game?

If I had to venture a guess, MLB wants the broadcast booth to be only for the Nationals TV crew. No one else can enter.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

If I had to venture a guess, MLB wants the broadcast booth to be only for the Nationals TV crew. No one else can enter.

I assumed it was ESPN only broadcast

The Giants game is not local, ESPN only

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Lets get this season started right.








YANKEES ARE DONE!

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

I assumed it was ESPN only broadcast

The Giants game is not local, ESPN only

It is ESPN only. But the Nationals TV guys will use that booth the rest of the games - even for road games. They probably don't want another group of humans in there.

Or ESPN decided to be cheap. That is the other possibility.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

It is ESPN only. But the Nationals TV guys will use that booth the rest of the games - even for road games. They probably don't want another group of humans in there.

Or ESPN decided to be cheap. That is the other possibility.

Seeing Buster Olney reminded me that the Giants TV crew, Krukow and Kuiper, have done multple entire games before from areas outside the booth, like in the arcade wall in RF that has a little porch. They could sit behind home plate and call the damn game

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Stanton with a BOMB!

 

[hockeykicker]

might get through the bottom of 1st only before rain hits. they should have waited to start the game

 

[MMC]

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Gerrit Cole already giving up home runs.

 

[hockeykicker]

lol angel hernandez. justtttt a bit outside

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Will this team win 20 games?