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Its early and great to be back.. We have a damn fine league. You guys are good...I've got sinking feeling...
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I have a feeling it will happen to another team at some point as well. Although I don't think the risk to these young guys is very high, I just don't see a whole lot of courage from MLB.
Alton Giants on
July 27, 2020 11:15 AM
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If anything I would hope they just cancel the Marlins season rather than make all the teams who are fine stop playing, but who knows.
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what is the over/under on the Marlins situation cancelling the season?
Alton Giants on
July 27, 2020 10:41 AM
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pitching seems to be ahead of the hitting early on.
Alton Giants on
July 25, 2020 9:52 PM
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Alright! Back to short- normalish! Just got outclaimed...or whatever. Feels great to experience the surging rush...now back to designing my catcher mask mask.
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I hope they do or someone else who is way past due like Cleveland. I just hope no one hits .400 in this shortened season so we don't have to deal with that argument for the next 50 years.
Alton Giants on
July 22, 2020 10:52 AM
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Let's get into this weirdness. Probably the year the Mariner's take it all!!!
I'm mini-stoked!
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I have two opt outs and three Covids.
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Geez, Alton tough break.
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I've got two positive tests...
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who is leading the league in opt-outs? I have one so far.
Alton Giants on
July 12, 2020 6:23 PM
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don't give him any ideas!
Alton Giants on
June 27, 2020 12:02 PM
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When will Manfred institute the three-pointer?
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Perhaps in terms of the "sanctity" of the game, but these changes don't really affect our league - beauty of the points system we use.
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Manfred is turning it into Little League.
Alton Giants on
June 24, 2020 10:02 AM
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Ok, let's do this!
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There isn't any more room to lower expenses, so increasing revenues seems like the only way to bring the parties together. I definitely like the game strategy required with the pitcher hitting, but that domino was inevitably going to fall
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corporate advertising on uniforms?
Alton Giants on
June 18, 2020 6:33 PM
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well, it looks like there will be the DH in 2020 and 2021. baseball is now a youtube experience for me.
Alton Giants on
June 18, 2020 8:44 AM
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you must be listening to KMOX as well at the moment.
Alton Giants on
June 17, 2020 3:15 PM
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Sounds like a deal is imminent!
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Yea, I think that teams will keep their aces on a 5 day schedule and fill in starters around them. That'll probably be a lot of skipping the 5th starter or piggybacking the 4th and 5th starter with 3-4 innings each
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It seems that whatever winds up happening, there is very close to 0 discernible positive passion for a season amongst those with a part in MLB. Even if it did come about, it is hard to imagine being of standard fantasy fun-levels. Seems like the young teams just get better, and probably just at the video games they have been playing. Cardinals were fun. They had a definitive team identity. I would think in a fifty game season, we would see a lot of non- traditional (Ray-like) methods.
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if we only have a 50 game season or so, if you were a manager would you go to a 4-man rotation?
Alton Giants on
June 14, 2020 11:43 AM
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I have been reading Whitey Herzog's book, "Your Missing a Great Game." Even though it is 20 years old, it is probably even more relevant for what is going on today. Don't know why I never pick it up when it came out. It is one of the best baseball books I have read. If you can pick up a used copy on amazon, I think you would enjoy, especially if you grew up in the St Louis area during the 80s and 90s.
Alton Giants on
June 8, 2020 11:06 AM
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No surprise that they are in la-la land. Plenty of time to do something entertaining for the fans. I hope they can realize this, though it clearly has not registered yet. I am 60/40 they play. Bright-sider.
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I was originally concerned that a second wave of coronavirus, either in the US at large or among the players, would derail their attempt at playing. But now it's looking a lot more concerning that money will derail it before they can even try to get on the field.
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If hockey can pull it off I'm not sure why baseball couldn't, but they seem behind and perhaps less motivated.
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what do you guys think? is there going to be baseball this year?
Alton Giants on
June 1, 2020 11:33 AM
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All of this time just makes me think what the Ray's are doing to outmaneuver the others.
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I feel like this season is a wash. Why not do something to spark a little interest? The proposal I saw on MLB tonight had two leagues, 6 divisions, and for us Cardinal fans, their division would have Washington, Houston, NY Mets, and the Marlins. Tough sledding for sure. If it happens and anyone has a "Mets are Pondscum" T-shirt, let me know. I might be in the market.
Go Nads! on
April 17, 2020 4:45 PM
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Why would that be a bad thing? Honestly curious. I look forward to the universal DH, personally, and also like the idea of a merged league in general with 5 divisions based on geography.
Rickey Bobbey on
April 17, 2020 11:34 AM
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I just hope MLB doesn't merge the leagues this year in a spring training format and force the DH on everyone.
Alton Giants on
April 17, 2020 9:37 AM
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Baseball is on in Taiwan!
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Team Tommy John for Judge
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Cardinals win their home opener. http://www.strat-o-matic.com/2020-season-simulation/
Alton Giants on
March 27, 2020 7:55 PM
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Good thing I still have Bie.....Oh wait, nevermind.
Go Nads! on
March 25, 2020 1:26 PM
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God, bummer on Syndergaard
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What can ya say? Say Hey
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Sorry to hear about particular challenges here. My thoughts are with everybody.
Sort of hard to prioritize within the anxiety. Don't be too hard on yourself if you can manage that. See you soon.
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I've got a business that does a ton of events in san diego, and basically all of our events have been cancelled through April. Rough.
Proud Soyboys on
March 13, 2020 11:17 AM
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well I was wrong about the xfl. they caved as well.
Alton Giants on
March 12, 2020 8:05 PM
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which also means I'm putting Machado, Snell, Hader, and Jansen on the trading block--because I doubt there will be a season
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I agreed with Alton (as to the flu) until a few days ago I had to start finding lawsuit-worthy data (no journalism) for a pending fight with an insurance carrier and a likely cancelled conference in May. That research (mostly CDC, NIH, Stanford) is horrifying. Nobody independent with initials after their name believes this infection rate will be like the flu, nor the death rate. Lowest estimates are 1/4 of population infected, 1% death rate. 20 times higher deaths than AIDS in '94.
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my prediction is that the only league not to shut down will be the XFL.
Alton Giants on
March 12, 2020 2:43 PM
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Clarksville is actually living in Seattle and I just got blocked from my folks facility. I am on public trans, getting screened in facilities, 6 feet of spacing. It is a transformative and fluid thing. Thank goodness for soap and smart, brave people. Crazy season. Astros who?
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I still plan on bar hopping for my birthday Saturday so I'm sort of with you that the average Joe is over blowing it, but these major events provide a high risk of a quick spread.
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But Curly's (and my buddies) point is that too many people getting sick at the same time will overwhelm hospitals. Doesn't mean any of us would actually die if we got it, but a quick influx could impact the elderly in that way. And also people who need care for other illnesses.
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I have to respectfully disagree. At the end of the day I don't see this having much more of a health impact than the flu.
Alton Giants on
March 12, 2020 2:14 PM
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