And the MLB 2020 season negotiations begin

[CBeisbol]

Originally Posted by cephasjames

And some people are more prone to throwing out veiled insults rather than thinking others might just have different personalities and preferences but still be okay.

It was a "masked" insult

[Syd Thrift]

Originally Posted by cephasjames

And some people are more prone to throwing out veiled insults rather than thinking others might just have different personalities and preferences but still be okay.

If your “preference” is to not wear a mask in public and you’re acting on that preference, you’re a jack hole. I mean, my preference is to not wear masks when I don’t have to, of course, but I have a greater preference towards not catching coronavirus and, if I happen to have it, not transmitting it to others.

[cephasjames]

Originally Posted by Syd Thrift

If your “preference” is to not wear a mask in public and you’re acting on that preference, you’re a jack hole. I mean, my preference is to not wear masks when I don’t have to, of course, but I have a greater preference towards not catching coronavirus and, if I happen to have it, not transmitting it to others.

Did you even read the post being referenced?

[cephasjames]

Originally Posted by Westheim

Getting to see my first brain-dead extra-inning fake rule inning in TOR @ TB. So excited.

I get the desire to try and make games shorter at this point in time. If this rule is proposed during normal seasons than I'm highly opposed to it.

[CBeisbol]

Originally Posted by cephasjames

If this rule is proposed during normal seasons than I'm highly opposed to it.

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Originally Posted by CBeisbol

Yeah, I don't get this at all

I suppose some people are just more adaptable than others

[Westheim]

Originally Posted by cephasjames

I get the desire to try and make games shorter at this point in time. If this rule is proposed during normal seasons than I'm highly opposed to it.

There's no guarantee that this bullhorn makes anything shorter. Small sample size, but in this game it gave everybody an extra challenge in the top 10th, and the Rays probably would have won it in the bottom 10th anyway.

[CBeisbol]

Originally Posted by Westheim

There's no guarantee that this bullhorn makes anything shorter. Small sample size, but in this game it gave everybody an extra challenge in the top 10th, and the Rays probably would have won it in the bottom 10th anyway.

From our earlier discussion, in this thread, on this topic

Originally Posted by CBeisbol

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/so-just-...-rule-give-us/

Again, the rule was designed to shorten extra inning games, and is doing exactly that.

Hard to argue the rule is dumb when it's obviously successful

We'd have fewer problems in the world if people didn't inflate the importance of their personal preferences.

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[ronhatch]

Originally Posted by cephasjames

I get the desire to try and make games shorter at this point in time. If this rule is proposed during normal seasons than I'm highly opposed to it.

I think the pandemic is just an excuse for rolling it out. It was being tested in the minors long before the pandemic was an issue, after all.

Hopefully they get enough backlash to put the kibosh on the idea.

[CBeisbol]

Originally Posted by ronhatch

I think the pandemic is just an excuse for rolling it out. It was being tested in the minors long before the pandemic was an issue, after all.

Hopefully they get enough backlash to put the kibosh on the idea.

I'd probably rather see 9, 10, 11 or 12 inning ties

But I think the rule is fine

[CBeisbol]

Marlins had four players test positive and get scratched from their game today

Also changed their travel plans due to the results

[TheMaus2]

yeah it seems like the end to this season might be swift, this looks like an outbreak waiting to happen

[cephasjames]

Originally Posted by CBeisbol

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Meh. Its not about adaptability, its about preference. Saying someone cannot adapt like you can is both insulting and condescending. Which, I assume, based on your history on these boards and the reputation you have built for yourself, is what you were going for.

[ronhatch]

Originally Posted by CBeisbol

I'd probably rather see 9, 10, 11 or 12 inning ties

But I think the rule is fine

I can sort of see where people are coming from on that... but for myself, one of the things that I have always loved about baseball is that when the game would end in a tie you just keep playing with the exact same rules until it's resolved. Deciding a game using different rules than normal has always seemed flat-out wrong to me, and is part of the reason I've never had much interest in other sports.

[cephasjames]

I'd be okay with ties. Set the inning limit to 13 or 14 innings (approximately another "half game") and call it a tie if no ends up with more runs by then. Ties have historical precedents in baseball. Runners on second do not.

[CONN CHRIS]

I have forgotten, what were the numbers like on average length of extra inning games and average number of extra inning games per season? iirc, 80-85% end by the 12th inning.

I don't care for the new rule either though I am sure I'll get used to it. It just seems that of all the potential things MLB could try to improve, this wasn't an area where improvement was needed. Maybe it's just me but one of the best times to watch baseball is when it is close or tied in the ninth inning. Extra innings provide more of that excitement. Diminishing an exciting part of the game seems like a solution searching for a problem to me.

[Syd Thrift]

Originally Posted by CBeisbol

Marlins had four players test positive and get scratched from their game today

Also changed their travel plans due to the results

Yeah, this could be really bad. Looks like last night’s projected starter and their starting catcher may have been among those who tested positive (no names were released but the former was scratched and the latter placed on the DL).

The Braves’ first and second string catchers are also reported to have “coronavirus like symptoms”.

[CBeisbol]

8 more Marlins and 2 coaches tested positive

Marlins vs Orioles tonight cancelled


Infected Marlins players were in contact with Phillies players, stadium staff, hotel staff, bus drivers, flight staff, etc...

Lots of complaints about Manfred recently. Manfred should have cancelled yesterday's game after a few players tested positive and they were waiting on the (delayed) results for the rest of the team

[CBeisbol]

And nobody talking about Eduardo Rodriguez?

Twenty-seven year old Red Sox pitcher who has developed a heart condition due to coronavirus side effects

[dkgo]

Having teams still travel city to city is beyond idiotic.

[Westheim]

Originally Posted by dkgo

Having teams still travel city to city is beyond idiotic.

But you can't play baseball with only one team in any given ballpark.