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    (When) Will the Season Start?

    I wonder if ESPN or FoxSports1 or some such outfit will try to get broadcast rights? It would have to be better for ratings than reruns of any of their political talk shows with sports sounding names.
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    MLB Considering Radical Ideas To Get Season Started (UPDATE: Arizona/Florida Division Realignment)

    Given where some of the more severe publicly available forecasts see unemployment headed, kids not having real school, and baseball viewership skewing older toward those already retired and not in the labor force anyway, a large majority of the country will have no problem with late starts by May.
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    (When) Will the Season Start?

    Yeah, that’s too soon. Unless by “start the season” they mean “resume semi-organized baseball-related workouts in otherwise-isolated training camps.”
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    (When) Will the Season Start?

    Because reasons. I don’t even want to consider the destruction that will have ensued if this country is still operating under house arrest on July 4. I hope that whoever is left breathing and healthy at that point still finds that life is worth living.
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    Credit where credit is due: who is responsible for the Red Sox success this century?

    The only constant has been John Henry’s vision, willingness to spend, mostly spot on hiring decisions for senior leader positions in both baseball ops and other areas, and willingness to adapt to the market for talent, and willingness and ability to recognize and move on from sunk costs. So...
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    If the season gets to September 1, the Red Sox luxury tax resets

    This is actually a good point. If the dislocations from the shutdowns and lingering fear of the virus lead to a sustained depression and a semi-permanent loss in GDP, Mookie Betts’ decision to “bet on himself” rather than take the Red Sox best offer this offseason may cost him $100 million+...
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    If the season gets to September 1, the Red Sox luxury tax resets

    God, this sucks.
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    Chris Sale 2020 - TJ Bound and Down

    Get well soon to both Chrises mentioned in this thread.
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    If the season gets to September 1, the Red Sox luxury tax resets

    If there is no 2020 season, that means the shutdown has been even more catastrophic than it is now. Some owners personal fortunes may be wiped out. The Marlins, with all the debt that ownership took on, are probably near bankruptcy already. Unless they somehow managed to negotiate TV...
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    2020 Hiatus News, Rumors, Trades

    I wonder how insurance policies treat these cancellations? Would anything that an owner would have cover this? It’s basically a natural disaster. There’s something called “business interruption insurance,” right? For the players, I’d expect them to argue that this is no different than...
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    why i think they should cancel the season or play a 82 game season

    They obviously can’t have crowds or public access to anything. They should have continued having major league and AAA players work out, staying 6 feet away from each other (stay out of the dugouts), with their crack medical teams monitoring for any signs of illness. Play intrasquad games...
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    2020 youth sports what are leagues doing

    That’s a horrific scenario. If we really do try to close everything down for 18 months, then the only sport that will be restarting is Thunderdome. If youth and high school sports are shut down, then colleges should be as well. And lack of college sports, means no college scholarships...
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    Ted Cox, the first major league player with hits in his first six at bats, dies.

    I remember watching those games and that streak at my grandmothers house, in the all window living room designed by my grandfather. Those were good days. Can’t believe how time flies. Ted is gone too young. But, given what’s coming if the world tries to continue hiding from a germ...
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    Chris Sale 2020 - TJ Bound and Down

    Or, you know, if neither of them is currently sick or immunocompromised or living with a grandparent, the risk is vanishingly small and they should just play catch without worrying about it.
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    MLB 2020: We're Playing, but We Can't Agree on Anything

    Suspending spring training games doesn’t necessarily mean suspending spring training. They hopefully will keep working out in their own complexes and staying ready while being vigilant about symptoms. Getting rid of games elimates cross contamination and travel for the teams and tells all the...
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    Tim Tebow: Pride of The Philippines

    Watching the Red Sox game yesterday, Ryan Brasier in 2018 popped up as another comp, though on the pitching side.
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    Stealing strikes is ok but stealing signs is not?

    I have two rules on the question in the title 1. Is it available to everyone — yes 2. Are there health risks involved — no If so, then I’m not getting bent out of shape about it.
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    "Who the hell is that guy?": a guide to Red Sox pitching depth in spring training

    Thanks for pulling that all together Grey Eagle, it’s a fantastic one stop shop for slop. The write up on Walden seems out of date though. He had a very solid nearly full major league season last year. Either he pitched with a lot of luck or the Red Sox helped him focus on a few things...
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    Chris Sale 2020 - TJ Bound and Down

    I assume they are trying to avoid surgery at all costs. And that will result in him finally deciding to have surgery around the all-star break ensuring he misses all of 2021, too. We tried rest and rehab. It didn’t work. And as for the criticisms of people playing armchair doctor, nobody...
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    Chris Sale 2020 - TJ Bound and Down

    Thats a fair point. I think we’re seeing that there are shades of gray in what MRIs can tell a team and so the player could still hide information and not say, “No doc, this thing is really barking.” Admittedly, the biggest publicly known concern for Sale when he signed was his shoulder, and...
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