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Details are beginning to emerge concerning the MLB plan for the season, which will feature about 80 games played regionally and an expanded playoff format. The interested parties will be having a conference today to discuss the matter, and MLB should formally present a plan about Tuesday. The issue of further reductions to player salaries remains a very touchy subject. A deal’s a deal, after all. Meanwhile, Collin McHugh thinks the players should be allowed to opt out of the 2020 season. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. He signed a contract. I would suspect “no play” means “no pay.” The 2020 MLB draft will be only five rounds. A second round pick is still a second round pick. Boston got punished. Deal with it. Mary Pratt, the last surviving Rockford Peach, has passed away at the age of 101.
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Griffin Canning is now throwing bullpen sessions. Cross your fingers that he will have no setbacks between now and July. Anaheim first responders are getting taken care of by Angels partners here, and here. Another interesting recipe from Kierra Fletcher. This one looks pretty Atkins friendly.
Excited for the potential of a season happening, but disappointed that I’m likely not going to be able to see them play at Fenway one last time before we move.
our vacation started yesterday. We had a reservation for a full week at a hotel in Newport, Oregon. We would have gotten there yesterday afternoon, woken up at the beach. Instead we’re home. Meanwhile the hotel is, of course, closed through the month and so is the beach itself, to out-of-towners. We couldn’t have eaten. All the restaurants are closed.
We’ve rescheduled for May of 2021. Maybe we’ll take a shorter one in September, if it’s possible. I hope the hotel can hold out and stay in business over this stretch. This particular place doesn’t take money upfront, it’s all at checkout so we didn’t need a refund. (I knew I had a point when I started)
I’m lucky, I’m working at home, we’ve got enough money in the bank to last awhile so I’m enjoying the quieter life but I feel bad for all the small businesses.
Ok, so about baseball…as mentioned elsewhere, players do not get extra money when owners make more money. That seems key to me. If attendance goes crazy the owners get more but the players don’t. If attendance is lower (or non-existent) why should that affect the players’ salaries? You know…be consistent. I totally understand the argument that an 80 game season should mean less for all. But then it should be balanced on the other end, too. Like, for example, if a the World Series goes beyond 4 games the players don’t get any share of Games 5, 6, or 7. But the owners do. The TV network does.
Oh well…they’ll figure it out.
Just called in and got refunds on the tickets I had purchased a while back, one game in April, one in May. I was prepared for a long wait on hold, but got right through, and got processed INSTANTLY! Big shout out to the ticket department for making a painful situation painless!!!! Call 714-4ANGELS for refunds. Thank you Halos!
Thanks, that’s good to know. I’ll have to call the Royals ticket office and insist on a cash refund for the 4 games I’ll be missing next week, what a fiasco……….
Hey Stubhub, I still haven’t heard ANYTHING from y’all about the beginning of April Halos-stRanger games misssed!! Where are ya?
The player-favorable interpretation these articles are promoting of the pay deal is missing the huge question about what should happen if it is determined to be not economically feasible to play in front of empty stadiums. If it is economically feasible, then yes, the players get their full pro rata pay. If it is not, however, then the players can be asked to take a salary reduction in order to make it economically feasible.
I don’t think the shortened draft increases the punishment. Personally, I think it reduces it. The Red Sox can sign anybody that goes undrafted for $20,000, so they can still pick up as many new players as they want. As for the players that are drafted, the lack of recent scouting data makes the draft even more of a crap shoot than normal. So the Red Sox are losing a riskier-than-normal draft pick and still have the ability to sign as many players as are willing.
It means that the players have more “power”, but they get less money. Perhaps one or two of them will join an organization that maximizes their chances of making the majors, when a different organization might have squandered their talent.
Overall though, I think the draft reduction is generally bad.
I hope all our #cesspool community is doing well. We were up at our place in Kern County yesterday. We stopped in at the local little market near our place and learned that the mask requirement is now rescinded there. I took that as a good sign. Of course, I already had my mask on, so I just kept it on, but it was nice not being told what to do.
I’m not making any predictions, mind you, but I suspect that MLB and MLBPA will find a way to get some games in, God willing and the river don’t rise.
Glad to hear! I think some people are going to keep their masks on for the long haul, but different people will have different risk preferences, obviously.
Stay safe everybody. We have a cluster of COVID-19 cases in Pasadena now thanks to a maskless woman who coughed her way through a whole birthday party full of people.