Play Ball! After months of idiocy, schedule is in place & camps open July 1st

[Say Hey Kid]

Bryce Harper's partner is expecting.

 

[Timeless Winter]

I used to think baseball players actually liked playing baseball, that was pretty stupid of me.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

I used to think baseball players actually liked playing baseball, that was pretty stupid of me.

For the money and risk they face? No, they should definitely not be playing.

 

[NJDevs26]

For the money and risk they face? No, they should definitely not be playing.

Yet they're stomping their feet in the mud because owners wouldn't deign to give them an extra ten games' worth of paychecks. They look silly, and the owners look silly for trying to bluff the union with a 60-game offer for the exchange of no grievance when they're going to impose a 60-game season anyway.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Yet they're stomping their feet in the mud because owners wouldn't deign to give them an extra ten games' worth of paychecks. They look silly, and the owners look silly for trying to bluff the union with a 60-game offer for the exchange of no grievance when they're going to impose a 60-game season anyway.

Players look silly for standing up for themselves? Owners are not going broke, believe me.

 

[kanuck87]

Players look silly for standing up for themselves? Owners are not going broke, believe me.

Right. I think both sides look kinda silly here, but the owners have made so much money at the expense of the players that it doesn't bother me that the players are holding their ground for what appears to be a rather small amount.

 

[NJDevs26]

Players look silly for standing up for themselves? Owners are not going broke, believe me.

They look silly because after using the rallying cry of just tell us when and where they negotiated again, Clark went back on a handshake agreement then declined a deal for more pro-rated games than the one they were complaining the owners were about to impose. Although he's not my favorite player in the world Trevor Bauer actually summed it up well here.





It feels like to me a lot of this from the players side is being driven by Boras. And the owners are their usual slimy selves, but that doesn't mean the players should get to abdicate all responsibility on this mess.

 

[NJDevs26]

Right. I think both sides look kinda silly here, but the owners have made so much money at the expense of the players that it doesn't bother me that the players are holding their ground for what appears to be a rather small amount.

They're holding their ground on ten extra games when they might not even be able to play 60 at this point anyway. They're haggling over 60 games and 70 games and fighting old and future labor wars when people are testing positive left and right in every sport and they haven't even agreed to safety protocols.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

 

[John Price]

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

At least it would be 60 and not 50 games...

Still gotta believe it's at best a coin flip whether it even happens with the virus situation in the USA. I wouldn't be thrilled as a player to have a 7 day Miami-Tampa Bay trip right now.

 

[LeHab]

At least it would be 60 and not 50 games...

Still gotta believe it's at best a coin flip whether it even happens with the virus situation in the USA. I wouldn't be thrilled as a player to have a 7 day Miami-Tampa Bay trip right now.

Will be interesting to see if they opt now to go with a bubble concept or stick with riskier default home stadiums.

 

[Terry Yake]

60 games lol

just cancel the season. the WS champion won't be seen as legitimate anyways. with the terrible shape we're in with the pandemic i'll be surprised if this season is even played to be honest

 

[John Price]

 

[archangel2]

I think MLB is trying to break the union

 

[SSF]

Bob Nightengale is struggling haha

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Billionaires and millionaires can't agree on who deserves more of their loyal fans' money.

Except there is no loyal fans money, thats the problem

 

[GKJ]

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

 

[FourRings]

“If your dad ever can't pay the rent and needs money, go ask Mickey Mantle. See what happens. Mickey Mantle don't care about you. Why should you care about him?”

 

[John Price]

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Will be interesting to see if they opt now to go with a bubble concept or stick with riskier default home stadiums.

The only way they could realistically do the bubble is having teams in their spring training homes in Arizona and/or Florida...so it's not happening.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

“If your dad ever can't pay the rent and needs money, go ask Mickey Mantle. See what happens. Mickey Mantle don't care about you. Why should you care about him?”

You think the owners care about you? The players aren’t the ones making it expensive to go watch games.

 

[John Price]

 

[IU Hawks fan]

"and there’s a desire to avoid 15-inning games and longer."

Then start the rule in the 12th or 13th! At least give the teams 2-3 innings to try to decide the game normally.