OT: MLB Thread XLV

[Maximus]

I'm getting more and more pessimistic that there will be a baseball season. Just seems like both sides are not budging enough and I gotta feeling with this shutdown of all training camps, they are going to use the pandemic as the reason that a legitimate season couldn't be had.

I love me my baseball as much as anyone but with hockey and football very likely going to be played as well as basketball and you can add golf who will have some huge tournaments beginning in September, no baseball is not going to be as big a deal as I thought it would be....screw them!

 

[sbjnyc]

Frankly, baseball has.

Nobody wants to watch pitchers hit .130 anymore.

Nobody wants to watch fat guys waddle around the bases either but no one is asking for a DR.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Nobody wants to watch fat guys waddle around the bases either but no one is asking for a DR.

The NL adding a DH would add years to Alonso's career.

Wouldn't be too quick to brush that aside.

 

[Bob Richards]

If I never have to watch JD Davis field again it would be great lmfao

 

[East Coast Bias]

Mets and Yankees both moving back home for spring training. What a f***ing shitshow this is.
All around.

 

[Machinehead]

Nobody wants to watch fat guys waddle around the bases either but no one is asking for a DR.

The fact that nobody runs anymore is a problem, sure, but it's more to do with the culture of the game these days. If there were a designated runner, he'd stand on first waiting for a homer like the fat guy does.

The way to combat that is to stop using sky bounce balls.

 

[East Coast Bias]

 

[Adam Fox Time]

I'm glad there will be a season!

 

[Maximus]

It was Michael Corleone who said "Just when I thought I was done with baseball....they suck me back in"...yes? lol

In all seriousness was so prepared and ready for there to be no baseball as I was so sick and tired of all the BS rhetoric going on. Well now that it's back I guess I'm happy cause I love baseball...I love my Mets and until our Rangers are back in business sometime late July early August, at least we'll have some live baseball too watch....Go Mets!!

 

[Machinehead]

Let's go Mets.

Let's go Yankees.

f*** you Astros. Nobody likes you.

 

[mrmovies779]

Let's go Mets.

Let's go Yankees.

f*** you Astros. Nobody likes you.

f*** you too Red Sox

 

[Say Hey Kid]

 

[nyr2k2]

I'm not excited. Baseball, as much as I love it, I always turned my full attention to when hockey ended. So, obviously, that's different now. Feels out of order.

I don't like the 60 game season. That's less than a regular ST and then third of a season combined. It's not enough, not in baseball. I don't like what the schedule will look like. In general, I just don't like anything about the structure. And accordingly, I'm just not amped for it. I was also expecting the season to be canceled and I became okay with it.

 

[SA16]

I'm not excited. Baseball, as much as I love it, I always turned my full attention to when hockey ended. So, obviously, that's different now. Feels out of order.

I don't like the 60 game season. That's less than a regular ST and then third of a season combined. It's not enough, not in baseball. I don't like what the schedule will look like. In general, I just don't like anything about the structure. And accordingly, I'm just not amped for it. I was also expecting the season to be canceled and I became okay with it.

I don't have a problem with a 60 game season. I have a problem with a 60 game season with an insanely unfair schedule. Why is there interleague at all? Why are they keeping rivalries? In 60 games the Mets face the Yankees 6 times and the Nats face the Orioles 6 times? From the Yankees perspective they face the Mets 6 times and the Rays will get the Marlins 6 times.

 

[JimmyG89]

I don't have a problem with a 60 game season. I have a problem with a 60 game season with an insanely unfair schedule. Why is there interleague at all? Why are they keeping rivalries? In 60 games the Mets face the Yankees 6 times and the Nats face the Orioles 6 times? From the Yankees perspective they face the Mets 6 times and the Rays will get the Marlins 6 times.

Was hoping that it would be 4 games against each team from the opposite league. It would reduce travel since you can just play a single 4 game series against each team. Some combination of 2 on the road and 3 at home, but I guess that would create an unbalanced schedule with some teams having more home games than others.

Teams that should have a significant advantage because of this: Cardinals, Nationals, Rays, A's, Dodgers (unless the Angels can somehow pitch this year).

 

[East Coast Bias]

How the Mets' 2020 60-game schedule reportedly breaks down by opponent

The Mets would apparently have this schedule which is........not great! NL/AL East teams def don't come out on top here. Someone like the D'Backs have a big advantage. Oh well.

10 games vs. Washington Nationals
10 games vs. Philadelphia Phillies
10 games vs. Atlanta Braves
10 games vs. Miami Marlins
4 games vs. New York Yankees
4 games vs. Boston Red Sox
4 games vs. Tampa Bay Rays
4 games vs. Baltimore Orioles
4 games vs. Toronto Blue Jays

 

[NYSPORTS]

How the Mets' 2020 60-game schedule reportedly breaks down by opponent

The Mets would apparently have this schedule which is........not great! NL/AL East teams def don't come out on top here. Someone like the D'Backs have a big advantage. Oh well.

10 games vs. Washington Nationals
10 games vs. Philadelphia Phillies
10 games vs. Atlanta Braves
10 games vs. Miami Marlins
4 games vs. New York Yankees
4 games vs. Boston Red Sox
4 games vs. Tampa Bay Rays
4 games vs. Baltimore Orioles
4 games vs. Toronto Blue Jays

30% of the Mets games are against opponents who finished last season in bottom 5 with 40% who finished in the top 8.

60 games should be safe enough for the aging Cano to remain healthy. Although Kelenic may have wait until the age of 21 to get his chance lol.

 

[JimmyG89]

German is going to be punished more than the Astros at this point is one of the most insane things to come out of this shortened season.

 

[nyr2k2]

I don't have a problem with a 60 game season. I have a problem with a 60 game season with an insanely unfair schedule. Why is there interleague at all? Why are they keeping rivalries? In 60 games the Mets face the Yankees 6 times and the Nats face the Orioles 6 times? From the Yankees perspective they face the Mets 6 times and the Rays will get the Marlins 6 times.

Yeah that's it, for me. 60 games, if you're going to do the "rivalry" nonsense, is not enough. I know there's no such thing as a truly balanced schedule, but some teams really get f***ed with these kind of arrangements (not arguing the Mets are one--I think they get a bit of a raw deal but nothing too bad). I just don't like it. 162 games has a way of evening things out.

 

[FOD]

Yeah that's it, for me. 60 games, if you're going to do the "rivalry" nonsense, is not enough. I know there's no such thing as a truly balanced schedule, but some teams really get f***ed with these kind of arrangements (not arguing the Mets are one--I think they get a bit of a raw deal but nothing too bad). I just don't like it. 162 games has a way of evening things out.

There's no rivalry schedule. NL East plays AL East 4 times each and within the division 10 times each. I do have a feeling that they will continue to negotiate an expanded playoff system to even things out a bit more between divisions.

 

[SA16]

There's no rivalry schedule. NL East plays AL East 4 times each and within the division 10 times each. I do have a feeling that they will continue to negotiate an expanded playoff system to even things out a bit more between divisions.

 

[sbjnyc]

Yeah that's it, for me. 60 games, if you're going to do the "rivalry" nonsense, is not enough. I know there's no such thing as a truly balanced schedule, but some teams really get f***ed with these kind of arrangements (not arguing the Mets are one--I think they get a bit of a raw deal but nothing too bad). I just don't like it. 162 games has a way of evening things out.

A 3rd of the season against the other league seems wrong. A get the desire not to travel but how different is a flight to tampa from a flight to st. louis?

 

[nyr2k2]

A 3rd of the season against the other league seems wrong. A get the desire not to travel but how different is a flight to tampa from a flight to st. louis?

It all just seems poorly constructed and rushed. And honestly, less safe than what other leagues are doing. JMO.

 

[Barnaby]

It all just seems poorly constructed and rushed. And honestly, less safe than what other leagues are doing. JMO.

Time to man up and get out there. They are probably as likely to die in a car accident as they are from CoVid. The league is trying to make them safer by keeping teams in regions. It’ll be different but potentially safer.

 

[nyr2k2]

Time to man up and get out there. They are probably as likely to die in a car accident as they are from CoVid. The league is trying to make them safer by keeping teams in regions. It’ll be different but potentially safer.

"Man up." Right, okay.

Anyway, we'll see.