When Baseball does actually start again.. hoping no one forgets... NO FREE PASS !

Horse

perkdog

I already forgot about that, great reminder!

1951WheatiesPremium

cheatin’stros

doubledragon

The Astros starting lineup.

craig44

Should not Astros players be considered to be on the same level as PED players? No HOF for any Astros player on the roster during the cheating scandal, right?

LarkinCollector

@craig44 said:
Should not Astros players be considered to be on the same level as PED players? No HOF for any Astros player on the roster during the cheating scandal, right?

Correct.

Mickey71

Yes, yell loudly at TV screen. No fans at the stadiums right??

Tabe

@craig44 said:
Should not Astros players be considered to be on the same level as PED players? No HOF for any Astros player on the roster during the cheating scandal, right?

I'd say this is worse. With PEDs, oftentimes both the hitter and pitcher were cheating. Here, it's just the hitter and not quite as widespread.

Horse

@Mickey71 said:
Yes, yell loudly at TV screen. No fans at the stadiums right??

Was hoping all the opposing pitchers were on this message board.

BillJones

Get ready for dullest season ever. Fan interest in most cities will be close to zero as the Yankees and Dodgers run away with the short season. Since you can’t attend any games, the fan “event factor” for just going to a game, having a hot dog and a beer will be gone.

stevek

@BillJones said:
Get ready for dullest season ever. Fan interest in most cities will be close to zero as the Yankees and Dodgers run away with the short season. Since you can’t attend any games, the fan “event factor” for just going to a game, having a hot dog and a beer will be gone.

I started a Phillies thread a few months ago, but i have no interest in adding to it at this point in time.

Some of the reasons why, extend past just the corona virus and shortened season.

i actually am happy with baseball now being played. However i cannot ignore other factors that MLB for whatever reason decided to interject into the game.

Frankly, i'm not sure how i'm going to proceed with this. But one thing i do know, is that i will always cherish my past memories of MLB and will always enjoy collecting baseball cards of that era.

craig44

@stevek said:

@BillJones said:
Get ready for dullest season ever. Fan interest in most cities will be close to zero as the Yankees and Dodgers run away with the short season. Since you can’t attend any games, the fan “event factor” for just going to a game, having a hot dog and a beer will be gone.

I started a Phillies thread a few months ago, but i have no interest in adding to it at this point in time.

Some of the reasons why, extend past just the corona virus and shortened season.

i actually am happy with baseball now being played. However i cannot ignore other factors that MLB for whatever reason decided to interject into the game.

Frankly, i'm not sure how i'm going to proceed with this. But one thing i do know, is that i will always cherish my past memories of MLB and will always enjoy collecting baseball cards of that era.

I agree with you on the "other factors" I bristle when things are pushed on me. I don't collect any active baseball player, only retired ones so that shouldn't be an issue with my collecting habits.

1951WheatiesPremium

@BillJones said:
Get ready for dullest season ever. Fan interest in most cities will be close to zero as the Yankees and Dodgers run away with the short season. Since you can’t attend any games, the fan “event factor” for just going to a game, having a hot dog and a beer will be gone.

The premise of 162 game season is the cream rises; always has been. And the reigning champion Nationals - one of baseball’s better clubs the last few seasons - would not even have made the playoffs if last season was only 60 games.

Therefore, I think there will be plenty of interesting storylines to follow. Add in the expanded playoff format and you have a recipe for a fun and exciting season that potentially involves more cities than most years. All it takes is for one or two ‘bad’ teams to get off to good starts to make this a really memorable and fun summer.

It was going to be Dodgers-Yankees as heavy favorites, anyway. Whether a short season favors them? Losing Kershaw seems a bigger blow now in a shortened season. Think of how many times the past decade a fun team got hot only to fade as June began.

My advice to those of you who can’t handle the “other stuff” - which is your prerogative?

Tune in a little late. Or go old school and flip on the radio in the backyard so you don’t have to watch anything.

The game is still the game. Cole-Scherzer was pretty fun last night.

Game on.