****Rumor July 1st is the target date*****

[Ronin]

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[cwamjn]

Today we lost the LLWS for the first time. One of my favorite events. I'd probably have to say summer Olympics, March madness, LLWS, Kentucky Derby and Indy 500. I don't like the world cup and champions league as much as I should as my clubs never do well.

 

[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

Bob Nightengale
@BNightengale
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Umpires also being asked to take 35% paycut in new agreement

 

[Dback Jon]

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So we have gone from everybody here to just the Dbacks here.

 

[BC867]

So we have gone from everybody here to just the Dbacks here.

For 3-weeks of Spring Training. It makes sense.

If teams can travel from their home states to Arizona and Florida for Spring Training,
they can train at home and travel from their home states to Arizona for the MLB baseball season.

 

[Ronin]

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[BC867]

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On a lighter note, I wish we still had Tony in our lineup.

The vintage Tony Clark, of course.

 

[Ronin]

Ken Rosenthal
@Ken_Rosenthal
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The latest: Though one team has discussed baseball possibly returning on July 1, no plan is close to firm.

 

[Ronin]

Scott Boras wants MLB to resume sooner rather than later
Agent Scott Boras penned an op-ed for the New York Times, published today with the title, “We Have to Bring Baseball Back.” As the title suggests, Boras writes in favor of Major League Baseball resuming sooner rather than later.

https://sports.yahoo.com/scott-boras-wants-mlb-resume-200526807.html

 

[Ronin]

Joe Girardi asked about potential July 1 start date for MLB's regular season
Asked Tuesday by the 94WIP Morning Show whether he thinks baseball could return on July 1, Phillies manager Joe Girardi lent it a bit of credence by saying he's "heard some chatter about that as well."

https://sports.yahoo.com/joe-girardi-asked-potential-july-133549287.html

 

[Ronin]

Report: MLB to offer return-to-play proposal to MLBPA within week

While a significant number of hurdles remain and some industry leaders believe June and July return dates are optimistic, the approval of ownership on a plan and dialogue about specifics with the union would mark two vital steps in baseball's return from a season so far delayed six weeks by the coronavirus pandemic.

General managers and managers from at least a dozen teams have reached out to players and suggested they ramp up baseball activities, those familiar with the conversations -- including executives, players and agents -- told ESPN. Some teams have suggested players prepare for a spring training that would begin as early as June 10 and a season that would begin July 1, dates first suggested publicly by former player Trevor Plouffe. Other teams, sources said, are being more general in their timetables, understanding the complications that hard dates can cause and wanting instead to nudge players toward being in game shape.

https://sports.yahoo.com/report-mlb-offer-return-play-024124389.html

 

[Ronin]

According to sources, officials from at least one team, the Indians, gave their players a "mark in the sand" Tuesday for Opening Day — July 1, the same date former major leaguer Trevor Plouffe had mentioned in a tweet Monday.

Indians officials, on a Zoom call that included about 70 members of the organization, estimated the season would begin after a three-week ramp-up, putting the start of Spring Training 2.0 around June 10, another date Plouffe specified. But the officials made it clear the dates were mere targets, fully expected to change. They simply wanted players to be prepared if the league meets all of the logistical challenges necessary to play.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/...ld-be-a-possible-target-date-for-opening-day/

 

[Ronin]

"It's really tricky, said Dr. Robert Cintronberg, an infectious disease specialist affiliated with Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. "The right time to restart activities in general is when the cases of this disease are declining day after day after day, and we don't know when that's going to be yet. So it's very difficult to assign an arbitrary date and say July 1 we're going to have baseball."

MLB has said little publicly on its would-be plans but has stayed in regular communication with other leagues as golf and auto racing have begun to schedule events, as the NFL moves undeterred toward an on-time start and as the NBA reportedly discusses an Orlando hub for finishing its season and conducting the playoffs.

The Cubs are among the teams keeping staff and players in the loop on possible timelines and scenarios being discussed by MLB with top team officials so they can be ready for whatever might happen - though nothing definitive has been discussed.

https://sports.yahoo.com/2020-mlb-season-likely-come-134558090.html

 

[PDXChris]

On Colin yesterday, they said the latest proposal is to have teams play in Florida, Texas and Arizona and cut the season to 75 games. They would start off with no team travel and then have teams move around a bit later in the season, but stay in those states for long duration making each team move 2-3 times total and then a neutral site World Series.

 

[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

The details of the plan, which are subject to change, are as follows:

- The season would begin in early July and have approximately 80 games.

- Teams would face opponents only from their own division and the same geographic division in the opposite league. That means the Red Sox would only face the American League East (Yankees, Rays, Orioles, Blue Jays) and National League East (Mets, Nationals, Phillies, Marlins, Braves).

- Teams would open in as many home ballparks as possible. Alternatives would be spring training parks or nearby MLB stadiums.

- Expanded playoffs. Seven teams from each of the three leagues would qualify for the postseason (an increase from the usual five). Teams with the best record in each division would receive a bye.

- Since games would be played without fans for the foreseeable future, players would be asked to accept a further reduction in pay, most likely by agreeing to a set percentage of revenues for this season only.

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-rumors-inside-mlbs-latest-222016672.html

 

[Ronin]

Pretty big conference call being made today.

 

[Ronin]

Jon Heyman
@JonHeyman
· 29m
Baseball owners today approved a plan to take to the players union

 

[Ronin]

Robert Murray
@ByRobertMurray
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1m

Many hurdles, including players’ safety protocols and major-league salaries, remain. There’s hope that we’ll have baseball in 2020, but we should soon have clarity on if that will become reality.

 

[Lefty]

Smart to have the DH in both leagues. Don't need to have pitchers get hurt.

 

[Rivercard]

Smart to have the DH in both leagues. Don't need to have pitchers get hurt.

Poor frail pitchers. Hopefully they can still spit and chew tobacky. Never been a fan of the DH.

 

[GatorAZ]

LFG

 

[Ronin]

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