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Post by lirette on Jul 28, 2020 10:09:08 GMT -4
Another 4 marlins test positive
Nationals manager did a press conference saying he's terrified
how long until the season is called?
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jul 28, 2020 10:33:15 GMT -4
Another 4 marlins test positive Nationals manager did a press conference saying he's terrified how long until the season is called? they might cancel the Marlins season but nobody else, seems like the other teams are fine, for the most part, regular injuries are a much bigger issue than Covid. For some reason Florida has had a bunch of people get it, Tb is in the same state and has not.
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Post by jimmy on Jul 28, 2020 12:14:15 GMT -4
Another 4 marlins test positive Nationals manager did a press conference saying he's terrified how long until the season is called? they might cancel the Marlins season but nobody else, seems like the other teams are fine, for the most part, regular injuries are a much bigger issue than Covid. For some reason Florida has had a bunch of people get it, Tb is in the same state and has not. I can't imagine an option that does not involve shutting down the Marlins for at least a week or two - just making them call up players while not knowing who on their current team might have it would be reckless. No idea what you do with the schedule - making up anymore than 2-3 games is likely impossible given the tight schedule. You would think this was all covered off in the plan and agreed to in advance (i.e. what happens if a team can't play 60 games), but who knows ...
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Post by Jack Bauer on Jul 28, 2020 12:30:49 GMT -4
they might cancel the Marlins season but nobody else, seems like the other teams are fine, for the most part, regular injuries are a much bigger issue than Covid. For some reason Florida has had a bunch of people get it, Tb is in the same state and has not. I can't imagine an option that does not involve shutting down the Marlins for at least a week or two - just making them call up players while not knowing who on their current team might have it would be reckless. No idea what you do with the schedule - making up anymore than 2-3 games is likely impossible given the tight schedule. You would think this was all covered off in the plan and agreed to in advance (i.e. what happens if a team can't play 60 games), but who knows ... If they cancelled games vs division opponents why can't they play double headers to make it up? There's more then 1 series vs your division I believe so the games are scheduled in the future can be used to make a 3 game series 4 or 5 games.
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Post by lirette on Jul 28, 2020 12:31:33 GMT -4
Another 4 marlins test positive Nationals manager did a press conference saying he's terrified how long until the season is called? they might cancel the Marlins season but nobody else, seems like the other teams are fine, for the most part, regular injuries are a much bigger issue than Covid. For some reason Florida has had a bunch of people get it, Tb is in the same state and has not. Well, covid has nearly knocked out an entire team 4 days into the season leading to multiple other postponements. Players have backed out from playing before the season started & Eduardo Rodriguez is currently dealing with heart inflammation post corunavirus... so I would definitely argue covid is a bigger issue right now. They had 4 months to figure out precautions and its already falling apart.
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Post by Jack Bauer on Jul 28, 2020 12:56:42 GMT -4
they might cancel the Marlins season but nobody else, seems like the other teams are fine, for the most part, regular injuries are a much bigger issue than Covid. For some reason Florida has had a bunch of people get it, Tb is in the same state and has not. Well, covid has nearly knocked out an entire team 4 days into the season leading to multiple other postponements. Players have backed out from playing before the season started & Eduardo Rodriguez is currently dealing with heart inflammation post corunavirus... so I would definitely argue covid is a bigger issue right now. They had 4 months to figure out precautions and its already falling apart. Teams are refusing to go to Miami now as well
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jul 28, 2020 13:38:48 GMT -4
Florida and TB should have been forced to play out of state from day 1. Possibly Arizona and the two Texas teams as well.
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Post by jimmy on Jul 28, 2020 13:44:47 GMT -4
I can't imagine an option that does not involve shutting down the Marlins for at least a week or two - just making them call up players while not knowing who on their current team might have it would be reckless. No idea what you do with the schedule - making up anymore than 2-3 games is likely impossible given the tight schedule. You would think this was all covered off in the plan and agreed to in advance (i.e. what happens if a team can't play 60 games), but who knows ... If they cancelled games vs division opponents why can't they play double headers to make it up? There's more then 1 series vs your division I believe so the games are scheduled in the future can be used to make a 3 game series 4 or 5 games. You are right, they can play doubleheaders to make them up, but I think there is a limit to how many they can play. When you factor in the odd one for a rainout and such, I don't see any more than a handful of other makeup doubleheaders being feasible - I don't think you could make a team play 12 games in a week, for example. Any more than 1 or 2 doubleheaders per week would be really hard to pull off physically. Maybe you can make it happen using the expanded 60 player pool, but it would be tough.
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Post by SteveUL on Jul 28, 2020 14:06:26 GMT -4
I can't imagine an option that does not involve shutting down the Marlins for at least a week or two - just making them call up players while not knowing who on their current team might have it would be reckless. No idea what you do with the schedule - making up anymore than 2-3 games is likely impossible given the tight schedule. You would think this was all covered off in the plan and agreed to in advance (i.e. what happens if a team can't play 60 games), but who knows ... If they cancelled games vs division opponents why can't they play double headers to make it up? There's more then 1 series vs your division I believe so the games are scheduled in the future can be used to make a 3 game series 4 or 5 games. A few cancelled games should not be a big deal. In a normal season they typically have 3 or 4 rain outs per team that they have to deal with, but they also have a lot more time to fit those games in. Its when a team has to try to make up 10 games that you get in trouble. Joe Girardi suggested today (MLB radio) that when the season is over that they decide it by winning percentages, if teams haven't played their full 60 games.
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Post by jimmy on Jul 28, 2020 14:28:12 GMT -4
If they cancelled games vs division opponents why can't they play double headers to make it up? There's more then 1 series vs your division I believe so the games are scheduled in the future can be used to make a 3 game series 4 or 5 games. A few cancelled games should not be a big deal. In a normal season they typically have 3 or 4 rain outs per team that they have to deal with, but they also have a lot more time to fit those games in. Its when a team has to try to make up 10 games that you get in trouble. Joe Girardi suggested today (MLB radio) that when the season is over that they decide it by winning percentages, if teams haven't played their full 60 games. That might be the best idea they have - but they should have made teams agree to it being a possibility prior to the start of the season - perhaps they did.
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Post by lirette on Jul 28, 2020 15:08:43 GMT -4
A few cancelled games should not be a big deal. In a normal season they typically have 3 or 4 rain outs per team that they have to deal with, but they also have a lot more time to fit those games in. Its when a team has to try to make up 10 games that you get in trouble. Joe Girardi suggested today (MLB radio) that when the season is over that they decide it by winning percentages, if teams haven't played their full 60 games. That might be the best idea they have - but they should have made teams agree to it being a possibility prior to the start of the season - perhaps they did. They changed the playoff format the day the season started. They are making it up as they go along and any resemblance of a plan seems to be out the window. Its pretty clear Rob "championship is just a piece of metal" Manfred is not a good fit for commissioner. MLB needs a change in leadership.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jul 28, 2020 15:25:18 GMT -4
That might be the best idea they have - but they should have made teams agree to it being a possibility prior to the start of the season - perhaps they did. They changed the playoff format the day the season started. They are making it up as they go along and any resemblance of a plan seems to be out the window. Its pretty clear Rob "championship is just a piece of metal" Manfred is not a good fit for commissioner. MLB needs a change in leadership. What would a different leader do? Comissioners all work for the owners, they do what the owners want. If not they would be fired.
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Post by jimmy on Jul 28, 2020 18:12:09 GMT -4
They changed the playoff format the day the season started. They are making it up as they go along and any resemblance of a plan seems to be out the window. Its pretty clear Rob "championship is just a piece of metal" Manfred is not a good fit for commissioner. MLB needs a change in leadership. What would a different leader do? Comissioners all work for the owners, they do what the owners want. If not they would be fired. No one is asking him to go against the owners - I am sure had he presented a credible plan as to what would happen under scenario X, Y and Z they would have listened. It is possible he did ... but if he didn’t, and they are just now trying to figure out what will happen if a team has an outbreak and misses a significant number of games, then it does not speak well to his competence and leadership - this is a scenario that should have been anticipated and addressed in advance. If it wasn’t, someone shit the bed.
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Post by hal on Jul 28, 2020 20:13:33 GMT -4
I can see the NFL going down the Same Path .
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jul 29, 2020 7:31:42 GMT -4
What would a different leader do? Comissioners all work for the owners, they do what the owners want. If not they would be fired. No one is asking him to go against the owners - I am sure had he presented a credible plan as to what would happen under scenario X, Y and Z they would have listened. It is possible he did ... but if he didn’t, and they are just now trying to figure out what will happen if a team has an outbreak and misses a significant number of games, then it does not speak well to his competence and leadership - this is a scenario that should have been anticipated and addressed in advance. If it wasn’t, someone shit the bed. They had protocols in place but the Marlins outbreak was reportedly due to a player sneaking out to a nightclub in Atlanta, the players need to be smarter.
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