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Post by kaybli on Jun 1, 2020 16:37:33 GMT -5
The players wanted 114 games, the owners came back with 50. Meet half way and you have 82 games. Get it done!!! Damn straight! |
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Post by chiyankee on Jun 1, 2020 16:41:59 GMT -5
The players wanted 114 games, the owners came back with 50. Meet half way and you have 82 games. Get it done!!! Damn straight! And both parties can believe they won something by agreeing to 82 games. The egos are so massive here that they have to play these back and forth games. |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 1, 2020 20:14:49 GMT -5
According to ESPN's Jeff Passan, Major League Baseball views a season of around 50 games as a "last resort" option should there be no agreement with the MLBPA.
When it was first reported Monday evening that Major League Baseball had been considering a proposal to the union of an abbreviated regular season schedule but with full prorated pay, it seemed like generally positive news. But the latest follow-up from Passan suggests that this idea isn't a proposal at all and may actually be a measure that is forced into action by the league if the two sides can't sort out the financial details for a longer season. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred believes that language in the March agreement with the players gives him that power. The best hope in all of this is probably that the league and union will ultimately settle for around 80 regular-season games, expanded playoffs this year and next, and some amount of deferred pay. This week feels monumental for the negotiations -- and for the sport.
Source: ESPN.com
Jun 1, 2020, 7:37 PM ET
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jun 1, 2020 22:40:53 GMT -5
According to ESPN's Jeff Passan, Major League Baseball views a season of around 50 games as a "last resort" option should there be no agreement with the MLBPA. When it was first reported Monday evening that Major League Baseball had been considering a proposal to the union of an abbreviated regular season schedule but with full prorated pay, it seemed like generally positive news. But the latest follow-up from Passan suggests that this idea isn't a proposal at all and may actually be a measure that is forced into action by the league if the two sides can't sort out the financial details for a longer season. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred believes that language in the March agreement with the players gives him that power. The best hope in all of this is probably that the league and union will ultimately settle for around 80 regular-season games, expanded playoffs this year and next, and some amount of deferred pay. This week feels monumental for the negotiations -- and for the sport. Source: ESPN.com Jun 1, 2020, 7:37 PM ET Yea that's what I figured. Plus starters would get like 10 starts each which would all be amped starts basically because in a 50 game season one bad week or two could put you out of it. |
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Post by inger on Jun 2, 2020 12:42:02 GMT -5
Hey, Chi. I know you’re not in Chicago. Just hoping your family is not experiencing any rumbles of violence in the suburbs...
Of course, wishing that to be true for all of my fellow posters, but Chicago had some bad violence from what I saw...
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Post by chiyankee on Jun 2, 2020 15:57:24 GMT -5
Hey, Chi. I know you’re not in Chicago. Just hoping your family is not experiencing any rumbles of violence in the suburbs... Of course, wishing that to be true for all of my fellow posters, but Chicago had some bad violence from what I saw... Thank you inger, we're safe and sound, so far. Last Sunday afternoon, a group of rioters made their through the south suburbs and hit our town. They tried to loot the local mall, Target and Walgreens, but the police were ready for them and chased them off before they did any serious damage. We've been under a 8:00 pm to 6 am curfew the past two nights until this craziness dies down. There's an organized protest tonight at one of our train stations. I imagine there will be heavy police presence and the rally won't escalate into violence. It's shocking how bad this has been throughout the country's major cities, when does it all end? |
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 2, 2020 16:05:37 GMT -5
Hey, Chi. I know you’re not in Chicago. Just hoping your family is not experiencing any rumbles of violence in the suburbs... Of course, wishing that to be true for all of my fellow posters, but Chicago had some bad violence from what I saw... Thank you inger, we're safe and sound, so far. Last Sunday afternoon, a group of rioters made their through the south suburbs and hit our town. They tried to loot the local mall, Target and Walgreens, but the police were ready for them and chased them off before they did any serious damage. We've been under a 8:00 pm to 6 am curfew the past two nights until this craziness dies down. There's an organized protest tonight at one of our train stations. I imagine there will be heavy police presence and the rally won't escalate into violence. It's shocking how bad this has been throughout the country's major cities, when does it all end? Never overestimate American’s attention span. Also, even rioting and looting may lose its appeal when the weather gets really hot. It’s always the five percent of idiots who sully the ninety-five percent who have an actual message. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jun 2, 2020 18:57:21 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Jun 2, 2020 19:38:43 GMT -5
Never is a long time, Jeff. There are those warm weather cities, not all in the USA... |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jun 3, 2020 11:13:38 GMT -5
www.nbcsports.com/boston/celtics/nba-rumors-season-could-resume-july-31-under-22-team-format well the NBA apparently has a plan in place. Again 1 location. So if NBA and NHL do ahead with these plans its a limited location thing. It doesn't sound like MLB wants to do that plus MLB has an entire season to play and playoffs if NHL/NBA do resume some of these teams would play only 8 games or at most like 30 if they made finals. Also let me get this straight NBA And NHL can run into when their next season starts for this season, but MLB is like omg games in November = No. (when there have been games in November before yet we've never had NBA or NHL games in July or August before)
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jun 3, 2020 13:49:45 GMT -5
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Post by kaybli on Jun 3, 2020 17:51:59 GMT -5
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Post by chiyankee on Jun 3, 2020 20:43:30 GMT -5
I love baseball, but the longer this drags on, the less I care. These owners are playing a dangerous game with their stubbornness. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jun 3, 2020 21:36:15 GMT -5
I love baseball, but the longer this drags on, the less I care. These owners are playing a dangerous game with their stubbornness. I dunno how old most of you are, but this is reminding me too much of 1994...granted I was only 10 then, but the Yankees were going to win the World Series that year lol. |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 3, 2020 21:58:51 GMT -5
I love baseball, but the longer this drags on, the less I care. These owners are playing a dangerous game with their stubbornness. I dunno how old most of you are, but this is reminding me too much of 1994...granted I was only 10 then, but the Yankees were going to win the World Series that year lol. It would really hurt the sport if they don't play this year because of money. The NBA, NHL, and MLS have already made deals. The optics are just terrible. |
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