IUFLA Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 19 minutes ago, rico said: Fine time for a Cubs fan to want realignment....you guys "made" the Reds and Braves play in the NL West over your petty rivalries. LOL Hey, the Reds initially dominated the NL West, so we did you a favor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted June 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 2 hours ago, IUFLA said: I've always thought the leagues/divisions should be realigned... AL Northeast Yankees Mets Red Sox Phillies Pirates AL Atlantic Orioles Nats Braves Rays Marlins AL Midwest Reds Indians Tigers Blue Jays Brewers NL Midwest Cubs White Sox Twins Cards Royals NL West Astros Rangers Rockies Diamondbacks Mariners NL California Giants Dodgers As Angels Padres Try to preserve some in state rivalries, along with traditional rivalries here... You can't put the Reds in the AL. They are the first professional team. They should dictate what divisions get labelled AL vs NL, even if the rules are the same. Otherwise, I love the concept of regional divisions.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 20 minutes ago, 5fouls said: You can't put the Reds in the AL. They are the first professional team. They should dictate what divisions get labelled AL vs NL, even if the rules are the same. Otherwise, I love the concept of regional divisions.. I didn't actually think of that, but I'm sure other teams would be unhappy as well... But if I was The Baseball Czar, there would be the above alignment, 2 leagues who never played against each other in the regular season, and the DH would be deader than Dad's hat band... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 3 hours ago, IUFLA said: I've always thought the leagues/divisions should be realigned... AL Northeast Yankees Mets Red Sox Phillies Pirates AL Atlantic Orioles Nats Braves Rays Marlins AL Midwest Reds Indians Tigers Blue Jays Brewers NL Midwest Cubs White Sox Twins Cards Royals NL West Astros Rangers Rockies Diamondbacks Mariners NL California Giants Dodgers As Angels Padres Try to preserve some in state rivalries, along with traditional rivalries here... I like it. Mariners get screwed lol... Cali and Midwest have super short flights. Crazy a 1/6th of the MLB is in California. 6 teams on the west coast. 7 on the East Coast. 17 in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 Another week of no progress and I see both sides of the proverbial coin. Players want the deal they signed honored and owners say unprecedented times require concessions. No matter what MLB continues to look bad in the optics department. Every other sport is either up and running or making plans to start again. Arguing about pennies on the dollar in public will cause how many fans this time?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSaccamanno Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 It also particularly sucks for minor leaguers. Baseball isn’t like the other sports. Development is so huge. There’s so many aspects of your game that need to be developed. To lose a year of development is brutal. Not only is there no way to duplicate the amount of development but you will then have to get back into synch. I hope the year off doesn’t count against things like the Rule 5 draft and such. I’d prefer us to just be in a pause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted June 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 MLB will pay a significant price if they are not playing in August when the NBA playoffs are going on and football is getting ramped up. Not the way to turn that 9 year old into a lifetime fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted June 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 3 years ago today. Made it even better that he did it against the Cardinals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 More metrics at work... https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/how-three-mlb-pitchers-excel-at-getting-hitters-to-chase-and-what-it-could-mean-for-2020-season/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 Yet another proposal... https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlbpa-proposes-89-game-2020-season-with-full-prorated-pay-and-16-team-postseason-per-report/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 1 hour ago, rico said: Yet another proposal... https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlbpa-proposes-89-game-2020-season-with-full-prorated-pay-and-16-team-postseason-per-report/ Doesn't say what the playoff format would be...my guess would be best of five, best of five, then best of seven for LCS and World Series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 Just wish they would come to an agreement or just agree to disagree and move on. Not sure if any of my Cub brethren saw it Rizzo has been spending his corona time wisely. Down 25 lbs. Looks really fit finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 8 hours ago, Seeking6 said: Just wish they would come to an agreement or just agree to disagree and move on. Not sure if any of my Cub brethren saw it Rizzo has been spending his corona time wisely. Down 25 lbs. Looks really fit finally. Where's the tats? Don't tell me he has a "tramp stamp!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 Scherzer's thoughts... https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/06/11/max-scherzer-fires-back-at-owners-crying-poor/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 37 minutes ago, rico said: Scherzer's thoughts... https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/06/11/max-scherzer-fires-back-at-owners-crying-poor/ As article says. When guys like Scherzer talk you know it's really bad. We all love baseball or we wouldn't post about it but I'm starting to get really upset with all of them. Getting to the point where they should probably just cancel the darn season and start up next year. Even if they start up the actions of both sides this past 6 weeks will all be remember at the end of 2021 season when CBA is up I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slojoe Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 I love the Cubs and MLB. I really haven't followed the drama involved with the '20 season very closely. I don't think there is much of a chance that even a limited schedule and postseason will work with the pandemic. I'm hoping '21 will see MLB back, but I see problems there, too. I guess I'll just have to settle for continuous reruns of game 7 of the 2016 WS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 1 hour ago, slojoe said: I love the Cubs and MLB. I really haven't followed the drama involved with the '20 season very closely. I don't think there is much of a chance that even a limited schedule and postseason will work with the pandemic. I'm hoping '21 will see MLB back, but I see problems there, too. I guess I'll just have to settle for continuous reruns of game 7 of the 2016 WS! The problem is that if the season is cancelled that MLB will lose the "casual fan" yet again. I would also say that plenty of hardcore fans will take a while to come around to baseball as well. The fans, as usual, are taken for granted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 Sosa/McGuire documentary on tonight. Not sure if I'll be tuning in or not. Lived it every day that summer. Hard to believe it's been 2 decades plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted June 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 On 6/10/2020 at 9:35 AM, Seeking6 said: Just wish they would come to an agreement or just agree to disagree and move on. Not sure if any of my Cub brethren saw it Rizzo has been spending his corona time wisely. Down 25 lbs. Looks really fit finally. Please don't ever post a photo of a shirtless Kris Bryant. My wife would start hanging around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted June 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 4 hours ago, slojoe said: I love the Cubs and MLB. I really haven't followed the drama involved with the '20 season very closely. I don't think there is much of a chance that even a limited schedule and postseason will work with the pandemic. I'm hoping '21 will see MLB back, but I see problems there, too. I guess I'll just have to settle for continuous reruns of game 7 of the 2016 WS! Good thing Cubs fans have 2016. Those reruns of 1908 are kind of hard to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 16 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Good thing Cubs fans have 2016. Those reruns of 1908 are kind of hard to find. It's funny...my best friend's Grandma just died. She was 104. Her obituary said she was one of the few who can say they were actually alive the last time we won the WS. Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Seeking6 said: Sosa/McGuire documentary on tonight. Not sure if I'll be tuning in or not. Lived it every day that summer. Hard to believe it's been 2 decades plus. I'll DVR it, and eventually watch it, but if detect one iota of sympathy for the dopers, I'll shut it off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 1 hour ago, IUFLA said: I'll DVR it, and eventually watch it, but if detect one iota of sympathy for the dopers, I'll shut it off... Speaking of dope. Does anybody have a dime bag they can spare? Edit: Sorry, wrong thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 1 minute ago, rico said: Speaking of dope. Does anybody have a dime bag they can spare? Edit: Sorry, wrong thread. I think "dime bag" went out in the 70s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 2 hours ago, IUFLA said: I'll DVR it, and eventually watch it, but if detect one iota of sympathy for the dopers, I'll shut it off... You know they'll present the angle that everyone was doing it or MLB knew what was going on so no big deal.....haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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