by Wolfgang622 » Tue Jun 09, 2020 07:39:45
heyeaglefn wrote:I think the latest proposal was 75 or 76. I am fine with it, better than nothing. The more sports the better.
by ReadingPhilly » Tue Jun 09, 2020 20:07:20
by MoBettle » Tue Jun 09, 2020 20:25:27
by SCPhillyPhan » Tue Jun 09, 2020 20:29:42
by JFLNYC » Tue Jun 09, 2020 20:31:06
by Wolfgang622 » Tue Jun 09, 2020 22:17:46
JFLNYC wrote:Just amazing, yet predictable, that the MLB owners would risk their brand over what is peanuts in the grand scheme of things.
by Rockinghorse » Wed Jun 10, 2020 06:31:14
by ReadingPhilly » Wed Jun 10, 2020 07:37:07
Rockinghorse wrote:I wonder what starting pitchers think of trying to cram all these games in. You're either going to have a very short re-training period, hardly any off days or maybe both those conditions. I haven't read anywhere that owners would consider backing the playoffs into November -- especially unlikely now that fans in stands is in play. So all these games will be mid-July thru late Sept. and then a bunch of teams in playoffs right after...risky time for SPs.
by Grotewold » Wed Jun 10, 2020 08:43:57
ReadingPhilly wrote:Rockinghorse wrote:I wonder what starting pitchers think of trying to cram all these games in. You're either going to have a very short re-training period, hardly any off days or maybe both those conditions. I haven't read anywhere that owners would consider backing the playoffs into November -- especially unlikely now that fans in stands is in play. So all these games will be mid-July thru late Sept. and then a bunch of teams in playoffs right after...risky time for SPs.
read somewhere that the networks want the playoffs played on the dates scheduled.
by PSUsarge » Wed Jun 10, 2020 09:31:35
JFLNYC wrote:Just amazing, yet predictable, that the MLB owners would risk their brand over what is peanuts in the grand scheme of things.
by stevelxa476 » Wed Jun 10, 2020 09:49:33
PSUsarge wrote:JFLNYC wrote:Just amazing, yet predictable, that the MLB owners would risk their brand over what is peanuts in the grand scheme of things.
I think it was the Cardinals owner who went on the radio yesterday saying "this isn't as profitable as the union and fans think it is" - so if you're fucking rich enough to own one of these barely-profitable teams, you're fucking rich enough to take a hit to make this thing work for a half-year. Idiots.
by MoBettle » Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:09:52
by Stripes » Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:17:09
stevelxa476 wrote:PSUsarge wrote:JFLNYC wrote:Just amazing, yet predictable, that the MLB owners would risk their brand over what is peanuts in the grand scheme of things.
I think it was the Cardinals owner who went on the radio yesterday saying "this isn't as profitable as the union and fans think it is" - so if you're fucking rich enough to own one of these barely-profitable teams, you're fucking rich enough to take a hit to make this thing work for a half-year. Idiots.
It was him. He also bought a giant mansion in California last month, so I am struggling to see how it isn't that profitable.
by ReadingPhilly » Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:20:10
MoBettle wrote:He bought the team in 95 for 150 million. It’s projected at being valued at 2.2 billion now.
by MattFoley » Wed Jun 10, 2020 14:46:28
by MoBettle » Wed Jun 10, 2020 14:51:01
by PSUPhilliesPhan » Wed Jun 10, 2020 15:01:47
by swishnicholson » Wed Jun 10, 2020 17:38:26
Wolfgang622 wrote:JFLNYC wrote:Just amazing, yet predictable, that the MLB owners would risk their brand over what is peanuts in the grand scheme of things.
Ain't that the truth.
by PSUsarge » Wed Jun 10, 2020 19:09:13
I wrote a column a week and a half ago that flowed from a similar place in my soul. That headline read: “Memo to baseball — don’t drive off this cliff!” I heard from so many people in the sport after I wrote that column that I lost count. But one of them was a man named Jim Kaat, who has been playing or working in baseball for more than 60 years.
Here were his words of wisdom. I’ve repeated them about a thousand times since:
“Sometimes – actually most times – BEING RIGHT is not as important as DOING WHAT’S RIGHT.”
by MoBettle » Wed Jun 10, 2020 23:36:27
PSUsarge wrote:Stark:I wrote a column a week and a half ago that flowed from a similar place in my soul. That headline read: “Memo to baseball — don’t drive off this cliff!” I heard from so many people in the sport after I wrote that column that I lost count. But one of them was a man named Jim Kaat, who has been playing or working in baseball for more than 60 years.
Here were his words of wisdom. I’ve repeated them about a thousand times since:
“Sometimes – actually most times – BEING RIGHT is not as important as DOING WHAT’S RIGHT.”
https://theathletic.com/1864567/2020/06 ... cliff-2-0/
