The official 2020 MLB season thread

doubledragon · July 23, 2020 9:04PM

The 2020 MLB season is underway, so here we go!

doubledragon · July 23, 2020 9:06PM

Giancarlo Stanton crushes the first homer of the 2020 season with a 459 foot, 2 run dinger in the 1st inning against the Washington Nationals.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv0fqWaKI6Y

stevek · July 24, 2020 3:03AM

Is the ball still lying in the stands?

craig44 · July 24, 2020 4:48AM

He really got into that one.

LarkinCollector · July 24, 2020 3:16PM

Just saw that Dr. Fauci got signed by the Orioles to improve their bullpen.

LarkinCollector · July 24, 2020 3:26PM

@doubledragon said:
The 2020 MLB season is underway, so here we go!

And it started off with a whimper of a 5 inning game, somehow poetic.

Tabe · July 24, 2020 9:12PM

@stevek said:
Is the ball still lying in the stands?

Budweiser is paying people to gather up home run balls and giving them away.

coolstanley · July 24, 2020 9:45PM

Refuse to watch. They are a disgrace to our nation.

doubledragon · July 24, 2020 9:58PM

@LarkinCollector said:
Just saw that Dr. Fauci got signed by the Orioles to improve their bullpen.

And Topps is giving Fauci his own baseball card.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/dr-anthony-fauci-gets-own-baseball-card-after-throwing-out-first-pitch/ar-BB179jIq

doubledragon · July 24, 2020 10:07PM

I can see my Braves are getting off to a great start, managing to get 3 hits against the Mets.

SDSportsFan · July 24, 2020 10:42PM

Angels and A's are in extra innings tied at 3.

Due to the new rule, the Angels start the inning with a runner on 2nd base; in this case Ohtani, as he made the last out in the previous inning.

OK, I have a question.

What happens in this situation:

Two teams are scoreless after nine innings; so they go to extra innings tied at zero. Now, say one of the starting pitchers is still in the game, and he just so happens to be pitching a PERFECT GAME.....no one has reached first base! If they put a runner on second to start that particular half-inning, what happens to the perfect game being pitched?

Steve

Tabe · July 24, 2020 10:55PM

The runner on 2B is treated as reaching on an error so the perfect game would be over.

SDSportsFan · July 25, 2020 12:47AM

@Tabe said:
The runner on 2B is treated as reaching on an error so the perfect game would be over.

So, if the home-team's starting pitcher has a perfect game after 9 innings, and the game is scoreless; in the top of the 10th, a runner is automatically placed at 2nd base, simply because of some stupid new administrative rule. The home-team's starting pitcher gets through the top of the 10th, retiring all 3 batters he faces, without the runner on 2nd scoring. The home team then scores in the bottom of the 10th, winning the game.

According to your statement, even though the home-team's starting pitcher has faced 30 batters in 10 innings, and has retired all 30 of them, without allowing even one of them to get to first base, and his team wins 1-0 with him as the winning pitcher, he does not get a perfect game? If that is true, and I did see what you said, on ESPN.com, the idiots running MLB are INSANE!!!!!

Steve

tommyrusty7 · July 25, 2020 1:34AM

Red Sox off to a blistering start in a 13-2 victory. It looks like their hitting machine is in high gear. Now if only their pitching holds up they will e fine.

doubledragon · July 25, 2020 10:12AM

LAA vs Oakland, walk off grand slam in the tenth.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x2nJKCpIwiA

doubledragon · July 25, 2020 10:25AM

Chris Taylor runs into Pablo Sandoval in the Giants vs Dodgers game. This play has been the BUTT of a lot of jokes online.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1286862422062465024

countdouglas · July 25, 2020 10:28AM

@doubledragon said:
LAA vs Oakland, walk off grand slam in the tenth.

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You forgot to mention what a great game Mike Trout had. On base 3 times with a single, a walk, and a HBP. Of course, with men on base and at bats that actually meant something, he struck out swinging and popped out in foul territory.

doubledragon · July 25, 2020 11:31AM

@countdouglas said:

@doubledragon said:
LAA vs Oakland, walk off grand slam in the tenth.

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You forgot to mention what a great game Mike Trout had. On base 3 times with a single, a walk, and a HBP. Of course, with men on base and at bats that actually meant something, he struck out swinging and popped out in foul territory.

Yes, and he'll be spending the post season the same way he always does, swimming in the money he stole!

MCMLVTopps · July 25, 2020 11:59AM

I have lost all interest. I think it's DISGUSTING that politics has become the focus of the game. Pathetic and a pox on all of them for being so weak. This is supposed to be the "National Pastime" well, it ain't for me. I couldn't care less who wins or loses, and that includes my Red Sox.

Tabe · July 25, 2020 3:31PM

@countdouglas said:

You forgot to mention what a great game Mike Trout had. On base 3 times with a single, a walk, and a HBP. Of course, with men on base and at bats that actually meant something, he struck out swinging and popped out in foul territory.

Not quite. He hit once with RISP and walked (intentionally). He hit one other time with anybody on and struck out.

perkdog · July 25, 2020 9:26PM

@MCMLVTopps said:
I have lost all interest. I think it's DISGUSTING that politics has become the focus of the game. Pathetic and a pox on all of them for being so weak. This is supposed to be the "National Pastime" well, it ain't for me. I couldn't care less who wins or loses, and that includes my Red Sox.

I’m with you Al 🇺🇸👍👍

stevek · July 25, 2020 10:55PM

@MCMLVTopps said:
I have lost all interest. I think it's DISGUSTING that politics has become the focus of the game. Pathetic and a pox on all of them for being so weak. This is supposed to be the "National Pastime" well, it ain't for me. I couldn't care less who wins or loses, and that includes my Red Sox.

I've sort of basically written off this MLB season at this point for a multitude of reasons.

If others wish to enjoy it, i have no problem at all with that.