MLB 2019-2020 Offseason Thread

[MalaCloudy Black]

Is it too obvious if I say "Cubs championship drought"?

[gunnar hendershow]

It's not too obvious but it's so recent.

[Meacon Keaton]

I’d kind of like to see the Expos story from expansion to even now to see how the city of Montreal is without them. Touch on the strike season that ended their bid for a World Series.

[gunnar hendershow]

1 minute ago, Mr. Meacon Moneybags said:

I’d kind of like to see the Expos story from expansion to even now to see how the city of Montreal is without them. Touch on the strike season that ended their bid for a World Series.

The Expos have such an interesting story and a ton of great personalities, and the strike ruining them is such a dramatic climax. It also ruined the Blue Jays who were defending champs and had just gotten really hot before the season ended. 

[Maxx]

They are doing rebroadcasts of the KBO games between 2:000pm and 3:00pm the following afternoon it looks like

and here’s a picture of Lions mascot holding a child hostage 

[Maxx]

Annnnd it’s a rain delay.  Because EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE

[ThrillhouseMAX]

WE'VE GOT BASEBALL OH THANK GOD

[The Buscher]

The thing with the KBO is that South Korea has the ability to test every player, coach, and umpire daily and with immediate results.  Anybody positive is quickly quarantined and with their test results they can identify if it had already spread.

If MLB or any other sport truly wanted to get up and running I think they'd need to do the same thing...but the US is nowhere near this.  Even if MLB had access to this, the rest of the country wouldn't, and testing 800 ballplayers every day would be an outrage.

So if they do press on I'd expect testing to be a lot less frequent and I don't see how they're going to avoid shutting everything down WHEN, not if, someone eventually tests positive.

[Meacon Keaton]

You need to stop killing the potential sports buzz! Go in your cubby!

[The Buscher]

The Monopoly Man would definitely open everything immediately!

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

16 hours ago, Mr. Meacon Moneybags said:

I’d kind of like to see the Expos story from expansion to even now to see how the city of Montreal is without them. Touch on the strike season that ended their bid for a World Series.

Sucks that he's a piece of shit but Jonah Keri's book on the Expos was a good read. But so much of it relies on his fandom of the team that it'd be a weird read now.

[Your Mom]

Are their games really short in South Korea? I woke up at like 3:30 expecting to catch maybe a couple innings but was greeted by Sportscenter 

[Maxx]

1 hour ago, Your Mom said:

Are their games really short in South Korea? I woke up at like 3:30 expecting to catch maybe a couple innings but was greeted by Sportscenter 

They allow for ties, which caps games at 12 innings, so they won’t run forever.  But last night’s game started at like 12:30 central time, and my beloved Lions got in very little offense so it was over around 3.

I started dozing in and out around 2:00, but it was nice to wake up, look over and see baseball and hear Ravech on the call.  Much comfort!

[Meacon Keaton]

4 minutes ago, Maxx said:

They allow for ties, which caps games at 12 innings, so they won’t run forever.  But last night’s game started at like 12:30 central time, and my beloved Lions got in very little offense so it was over around 3.

Let’s go Di-No’s! *clap clap clapclapclap*

[Maxx]

Such a front runner

[Your Mom]

Anyone going to wake up and watch tomorrow? I think it's at 4:30 so that's not too bad

[Meacon Keaton]

I'll be up at six to go to work. Meacon don't wake up earlier than that for things. It was neat coming home and having a game on ESPN though. Even though I knew my Dinos already beat @Maxx's whatever they're calleds.

[Maxx]

Lions!

It says it right on the jersey!  

In English!

[gunnar hendershow]

I'll probably wake up around the 4th inning and put it on.

[Lowerdeck]

I'll just DVR games, I'll get to it when I get to it.

 

Not that I'll probably see scores on Facebook anyway.

Edited May 6, 2020 by Lowerdeck