MLB season delayed

[Regan MacNeil]

By at least two weeks.

 

[TigerVols]

Which is good because by middle of April we'll be using stadiums and arenas for makeshift hospitals. Or worse.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Bring back Sunday doubleheaders and they can knock 3 weeks off the season.

 

[HanSenSE]

MiLB as well.

 

[TigerVols]

Bring back Sunday doubleheaders and they can knock 3 weeks off the season.

Knock three months off the season and no one under the age of 50 would even notice.

 

[heyabbott]

Knock three months off the season and no one under the age of 50 would even notice.

I would say the same thing about the NBA and NHL. But I enjoy having the Nats game almost every night for 6 months. It’s always something to watch for even a little while. a weekend day game is a pleasure, if not an expensive one.

People who like basketball and hockey like to watch it. NBA NHL regular season games lack a lot of meaning since half the teams make the playoffs and the seeding is nearly set by February. but for slot of people the games are comforting. It takes their absence to show their meaning.

 

[JC]

I would say the same thing about the NBA and NHL. But I enjoy having the Nats game almost every night for 6 months. It’s always something to watch for even a little while. a weekend day game is a pleasure, if not an expensive one.

People who like basketball and hockey like to watch it. NBA NHL regular season games lack a lot of meaning since half the teams make the playoffs and the seeding is nearly set by February. but for slot of people the games are comforting. It takes their absence to show their meaning.

Take a look at the NHL standings and get back to me.

 

[TigerVols]

As a board lurker noted to me the other day, the Houston Astros are the luckiest sonsabitches since Gary Condit.

 

[playthrough]

I would say the same thing about the NBA and NHL. But I enjoy having the Nats game almost every night for 6 months. It’s always something to watch for even a little while. a weekend day game is a pleasure, if not an expensive one.

People who like basketball and hockey like to watch it. NBA NHL regular season games lack a lot of meaning since half the teams make the playoffs and the seeding is nearly set by February. but for slot of people the games are comforting. It takes their absence to show their meaning.

For me it's Reds games on the radio with Marty Brennaman, and I can remain in denial about his retirement for a bit longer.

 

[Cosmo]

As a board lurker noted to me the other day, the Houston Astros are the luckiest sonsabitches since Gary Condit.

We did a Q&A on golf with Justin Verlander since he's a Virginia guy and a member at one of our clubs and put it on the cover of our magazine. We were slightly concerned about blowback for featuring someone affiliated with the Astros. The mag hit mailboxes this weekend, and I don't think anyone even remembers that the Astros scandal existed.

 

[HanSenSE]

PBS to stream "Ken Burns Baseball" per his request.

 

[Driftwood]

Baseball has a chance to fill an incredible void.
The sports world is barren.
MLB should play the games in empty stadiums but on live TV.
Folks will watch.
From everything I know, baseball players are nasty, but the game doesn't have a ton of contact.

 

[DanOregon]

MiLB as well.

You know some minor league team is doing a Coronavirus Night - Coronas are $2, they'll retire a jersey with COVID 19, they'll introduce an adorable mascot shaped like the virus, Free 4-pack of toilet paper to the first 500 fans.

 

[Starman]

You know some minor league team is doing a Coronavirus Night - Coronas are $2, they'll retire a jersey with COVID 19, they'll introduce an adorable mascot shaped like the virus, Free 4-pack of toilet paper to the first 500 fans.

Ehhhh ... better wait until next year on that. With epidemiologists not really sure we won't have a second wave in the fall, probably not a good idea to make it a laughing matter just yet (even if things get back on track relatively soon, ie mid-May or something like that).

 

[Slacker]

You know some minor league team is doing a Coronavirus Night - Coronas are $2, they'll retire a jersey with COVID 19, they'll introduce an adorable mascot shaped like the virus, Free 4-pack of toilet paper to the first 500 fans.

Cyrus the Virus!

 

[MileHigh]

Opening Day pushed back to mid-May at the earliest.

MLB Opening Day pushed to mid-May at earliest

 

[micropolitan guy]

Opening Day pushed back to mid-May at the earliest.

MLB Opening Day pushed to mid-May at earliest

Crap, then the minors are going to be postponed too. Was hoping to visit my favorite MILB park on a trip back home this May.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Verlander having groin surgery. Out six weeks.

Which means he should be ready by Opening Day.

 

[swingline]

Opening Day pushed back to mid-May at the earliest.

MLB Opening Day pushed to mid-May at earliest

That seems really optimistic. Things could be really bad across the country in mid-May. I’m operating on the assumption that all sports are cancelled for the rest of 2020. I would be happy to be wrong.

 

[MileHigh]

I'm not there yet. I will say no sports until Labor Day.