OT: The Other Sports Thread Part X - MLB back?

[peate]

Watching Pedro's "perfect for 9" game. Pretty good pitcher.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[LaP]

GP Canada rumored to be on schedule for October 11th:

Le Grand Prix du Canada aurait lieu le 11 octobre

The first ever GP with winter tires ;0)

 

[peate]

The first ever GP with winter tires ;0)

Studded, for the noise and extra challenge.

 

[LeHab]

The first ever GP with winter tires ;0)

Initial plans had North America late October/November. That would have been risky for sure - official confirmation should be out by July 5th. October 11 should be safe but with how 2020 has been anything is possible. In 1978 Canada GP was held on October 8 when G Villeneuve won the race.

1978 Canadian Grand Prix - Wikipedia

Turkey feasting + F1?

 

[DavePeak]

The first ever GP with winter tires ;0)

I’m very excited that the season is finally beginning! I hope the battle of the midfield will be close this year.

I still have my tickets from the cancelled F1 weekend and vacation was approved for that week!

But honestly I’m not expecting fans to be able to attend, how do you respect social distancing in the stands of an F1 circuit? Unless they cancel all tickets and issue new ones (in lesser quantity) for October?

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

It's like the winner for life lottery thing. At least some of that should go to his agent, on principles alone

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[beowulf]

So 89 year old Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone just had a kid with his 44 year old wife....

Bernie Ecclestone becomes a father at 89 - CNN

 

[LaP]

It's like the winner for life lottery thing. At least some of that should go to his agent, on principles alone

Apparently he also gets 500 000 a year from Baltimore until 2028 lol. His agent is a genius.

 

[LaP]

So 89 year old Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone just had a kid with his 44 year old wife....

Bernie Ecclestone becomes a father at 89 - CNN

She's with him for love absolutely no doubt

 

[LaP]

Honestly i stopped caring about doping a while ago. The war against doping is now only a political stunt. There's way too many stories like this one : https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/olympic-boxing-fuchs-tumultuous-year-june-13-1.5611258

If having sex is now a valid excuse to test positive then we should just stop testing athletes. Also the amount of North American athletes having an exemption to take prohibited drugs for whatever reason is getting ridiculous.

I saw a documentary a while ago (can't recall which one) saying there was more athletes at the Olympic Games with a respiratory problem taking prescribed drugs than in the normal population. Don't know if it was factual but if yes then it doesn't make sense as it would be super hard to compete at this level with a respiratory problem.

 

[beowulf]

She's with him for love absolutely no doubt

He has to have some kind of record for largest gap between children...his first daughter is 65 and then the next two are 31 and 36 and now this new one. Crazy.

 

[LaP]

He has to have some kind of record for largest gap between children...his first daughter is 65 and then the next two are 31 and 36 and now this new one. Crazy.

- Hey Bobby look here's a picture of your oldest sister. She died when you were 5.
- What did she died of Mom? Car accident? Cancer?
- No Bobby she naturally died of old age.

Man that must be weird.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[GoodKiwi]

I wish FedEx, Nike and Pepsi actually put their money where their mouth is.

As of right now, all of this is meaningless - just a bunch of PR moves.

 

[Adam Michaels]

I wish FedEx, Nike and Pepsi actually put their money where their mouth is.

As of right now, all of this is meaningless - just a bunch of PR moves.

Sponsors are all about the PR. They're looking at it from their end, being associated hurts their image. Which is why they choose to do this now with the current social situation. They weren't threatening pulling out of sponsorship before when there wasn't a backlash.

 

[GoodKiwi]

Sponsors are all about the PR. They're looking at it from their end, being associated hurts their image. Which is why they choose to do this now with the current social situation. They weren't threatening pulling out of sponsorship before when there wasn't a backlash.

I believe you have this backwards.

The timing of this only allows for these companies to capitalize on the current socio-political situation in the US. This is why they chose to do this now.

For example, while Nike made a victory lap by removing the WAS team name from its site filters, it is still going to supply the team with equipment at a great discount.

FedEx will continue to hold the naming rights to the WAS arena.

And Pepsi will remain the official provider of soft drinks during games.

Just empty gestures to get on the right side of the investors here.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Adam Michaels]

Pretty smart.

 

[GoodKiwi]

Hopefully I was wrong and the sponsors did put their hand on Snyder's testicles and slowly started squeezing. Financially speaking of course.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Hopefully I was wrong and the sponsors did put their hand on Snyder's testicles and slowly started squeezing. Financially speaking of course.

Knowing him, he might actually be into that stuff