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Hatter · 03-06-2020, 11:32 AM

Yelich will be making good money but he's still going to be underpaid relatively speaking. I just read the dumbest take though that the Red Sox could have easily offered Betts $30-35 by comparison. Umm yeah no. Just because one star chose to take less money doesn't mean another should have to.

ThePreacher · 03-07-2020, 09:14 PM

The Boston Red Sox are hypocrites. They have consistently offered big money to Free Agents, but have rarely re-signed their own superstars/homegrown players to big money or multiple years. They strung Ortiz along year to year for quite awhile. The only exception I remember is Pedroia's contract when he took a discount and the bad contracts they just gave to Sale and Eovaldi.

As for Yelich. I just don't like him. Punchable face.

BizCat · 03-12-2020, 03:36 PM

Spring Training continues to go on, probably not for much longer. Really hope this does not impact the regular season, although that's only a few weeks away at this point.

Peavey · 03-12-2020, 05:17 PM

Major League Baseball is shutting down.

Agent Bond · 03-12-2020, 05:36 PM

I feel like we're in one of those post-apocalyptic movies or the Twilight Zone. I don't know what's going to happen, but I hope we can all get through this as a society.

Peavey · 03-12-2020, 05:42 PM

Definitely surreal, just so unprecedented in the sports world. We've seen strikes and shutdowns and 9/11 but nothing like this.

captveg · 03-12-2020, 07:25 PM

Worth noting that the 1995 season was 144 games because of the strike, so I suspect if they are able to get back up and running in mid-April they'll just roll with a shorter season.

Clark Kent · 03-13-2020, 07:33 AM

They could always play the early games in empty stadiums, posing almost no health risk.

Baseball is a non-contact sport. This isn't like basketball where the athletes are literally sweating on each other.

BizCat · 03-13-2020, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

They could always play the early games in empty stadiums, posing almost no health risk.

Baseball is a non-contact sport. This isn't like basketball where the athletes are literally sweating on each other.

Still contact, just much less extreme. Runner slides onto base or home. Hitter charges at the pitcher.

R3P0 · 03-13-2020, 01:02 PM

The world is boring with no sports lol

BizCat · 03-13-2020, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R3P0

The world is boring with no sports lol

Amen to that.

Moviefan1203 · 03-13-2020, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R3P0

The world is boring with no sports lol

100% truth.

Flash3000 · 03-13-2020, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

They could always play the early games in empty stadiums, posing almost no health risk

Here in Australia, the Australian football league had announced that all games will be played in empty stadiums. We average 50,000 people per game so the atmosphere is going to be boring. But it will be fun watching it on TV and hearing what the players say to each other with the umpires microphones on that are usually drowned out by the crowd noise.

Samus Aran · 03-15-2020, 07:29 PM

Since there's no baseball, Ken Burns got PBS to stream his Baseball series for free. Don't know for how long.

Flash3000 · 03-15-2020, 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

Since there's no baseball, Ken Burns got PBS to stream his Baseball series for free. Don't know for how long.

Best. Sport. Documentary. Ever.
I own it on DVD. Baseball isn't too big here in Australia but for me it's my favourite sport on the planet behind Australian Rules Football.

BizCat · 03-16-2020, 06:37 PM

Season delayed until sometime in May.

Ugh. There goes my whole trip to Cincinnati.

bruceames · 03-18-2020, 08:43 PM

I've got tickets to a Red Sox game in mid April, that I bought in December from the MLB site. Since the games will obviously be cancelled and not made up (I would assume anyway), should I expect a refund? Or would they just give me a credit to use later? It's not like I can just show up anytime, as I was flying in from the SF Bay Area.

Clark Kent · 03-19-2020, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bruceames

I've got tickets to a Red Sox game in mid April, that I bought in December from the MLB site. Since the games will obviously be cancelled and not made up (I would assume anyway), should I expect a refund? Or would they just give me a credit to use later? It's not like I can just show up anytime, as I was flying in from the SF Bay Area.

I'm sure you'll get a refund.

ctujackbauer · 03-27-2020, 02:21 AM

Anyone see the 32 game season proposed on ESPN? Because other sports are cancelled until September, each team would play a division opponent four times on the road and four times at home.

It seems weird, and they'd have to end the season with an asterisk of some sort, but man that would be high stakes.

Clark Kent · 03-27-2020, 05:41 AM

There's no way MLB would play that few games because of revenue loss. I expect most of the season's games get played, like at least 120 games. It's doable if they cut out the all-star break, play doubleheaders every week, and eliminate a few off-days.

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03-06-2020, 11:32 AM	#31201
Hatter Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Feb 2010 Location:Montreal, Canada 4K collection:6 Blu-ray collection:107 DVD collection:82 iTunes collection:2	Yelich will be making good money but he's still going to be underpaid relatively speaking. I just read the dumbest take though that the Red Sox could have easily offered Betts $30-35 by comparison. Umm yeah no. Just because one star chose to take less money doesn't mean another should have to. Last edited by Hatter; 03-07-2020 at 10:31 PM.

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03-07-2020, 09:14 PM	#31202
ThePreacher Banned Member since:Jun 2018 4K collection:67 Blu-ray collection:332 DVD collection:93 Digital collection:521 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:73	The Boston Red Sox are hypocrites. They have consistently offered big money to Free Agents, but have rarely re-signed their own superstars/homegrown players to big money or multiple years. They strung Ortiz along year to year for quite awhile. The only exception I remember is Pedroia's contract when he took a discount and the bad contracts they just gave to Sale and Eovaldi. As for Yelich. I just don't like him. Punchable face.

03-12-2020, 03:36 PM	#31203
BizCat Blu-ray Prince Member since:Mar 2016 Location:oHIo 4K collection:914 Blu-ray collection:3132 DVD collection:90 Trading Score:159	Spring Training continues to go on, probably not for much longer. Really hope this does not impact the regular season, although that's only a few weeks away at this point.

03-12-2020, 05:17 PM	#31204
Peavey Blu-ray Knight Member since:Dec 2014 Location:Alaska 4K collection:57 Blu-ray collection:2858 DVD collection:1590 MA collection:1950 Digital collection:1368 Trading Score:523	Major League Baseball is shutting down.

03-12-2020, 05:36 PM	#31205
Agent Bond Blu-ray Champion Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Las Vegas, Nevada Blu-ray collection:227 DVD collection:33 Trading Score:3	I feel like we're in one of those post-apocalyptic movies or the Twilight Zone. I don't know what's going to happen, but I hope we can all get through this as a society.

03-12-2020, 05:42 PM	#31206
Peavey Blu-ray Knight Member since:Dec 2014 Location:Alaska 4K collection:57 Blu-ray collection:2858 DVD collection:1590 MA collection:1950 Digital collection:1368 Trading Score:523	Definitely surreal, just so unprecedented in the sports world. We've seen strikes and shutdowns and 9/11 but nothing like this.

03-12-2020, 07:25 PM	#31207
captveg Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Feb 2008 4K collection:472 Blu-ray collection:1709 DVD collection:317 Trading Score:1	Worth noting that the 1995 season was 144 games because of the strike, so I suspect if they are able to get back up and running in mid-April they'll just roll with a shorter season.

03-13-2020, 07:33 AM	#31208
Clark Kent Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Metropolis Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:184	They could always play the early games in empty stadiums, posing almost no health risk. Baseball is a non-contact sport. This isn't like basketball where the athletes are literally sweating on each other.

03-13-2020, 01:02 PM	#31210
R3P0 Blu-ray Duke Member since:Jun 2008 Blu-ray collection:46 Trading Score:1	The world is boring with no sports lol

03-15-2020, 07:29 PM	#31214
Samus Aran Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Location:USA Home Theater Gallery:11 4K collection:14 Blu-ray collection:49 Trading Score:195	Since there's no baseball, Ken Burns got PBS to stream his Baseball series for free. Don't know for how long.

03-16-2020, 06:37 PM	#31216
BizCat Blu-ray Prince Member since:Mar 2016 Location:oHIo 4K collection:914 Blu-ray collection:3132 DVD collection:90 Trading Score:159	Season delayed until sometime in May. Ugh. There goes my whole trip to Cincinnati.

03-18-2020, 08:43 PM	#31217
bruceames Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Nov 2012 Location:Novato, CA 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:1337 DVD collection:2 Trading Score:1	I've got tickets to a Red Sox game in mid April, that I bought in December from the MLB site. Since the games will obviously be cancelled and not made up (I would assume anyway), should I expect a refund? Or would they just give me a credit to use later? It's not like I can just show up anytime, as I was flying in from the SF Bay Area.

03-27-2020, 02:21 AM	#31219
ctujackbauer Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Apr 2016 Trading Score:4	Anyone see the 32 game season proposed on ESPN? Because other sports are cancelled until September, each team would play a division opponent four times on the road and four times at home. It seems weird, and they'd have to end the season with an asterisk of some sort, but man that would be high stakes.

03-27-2020, 05:41 AM	#31220
Clark Kent Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Metropolis Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:184	There's no way MLB would play that few games because of revenue loss. I expect most of the season's games get played, like at least 120 games. It's doable if they cut out the all-star break, play doubleheaders every week, and eliminate a few off-days.

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