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I am disappointed to lose Soler, Woodall, and Kelly.
A 50-60 game season just doesn’t seem legitimate to me. It will be such a crapshoot anyone could get hot and win a championship. A Pirates-Orioles World Series?
Does that mean the season would start on August 1 or would the playoffs start in September?
I think reactions like what Olney shared – “the future of MLB is at stake” – is over-reaction. This will get worked out, either now or later, and MLB will continue.
MLB will continue in some form or fashion eventually but what makes this potential work stoppage different than stoppages in the past is that all sports stopped at the same time this year, therefore, if the NBA, NHL, NFL, NCAA, Nascar, and European Soccer all resume this year and MLB doesn’t people are going to be looking at MLB like “what is wrong with you people?”
Sunday notes: It's not just the 2020 season at stake, but the future of MLB https://t.co/h9C3b39RwF
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) May 31, 2020
Our @BillPlaschke sees MLB and MLBPA “standing in a grocery store aisle loudly arguing over possession of the last package of ultra soft toilet paper. In this environment, they sound like idiots, and it looks like suicide.” https://t.co/oqcAwycyhG
— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) May 30, 2020
Ben Frederickson says plenty of blame to go around.
Companies that received PPP loans for eight weeks are going to see that eight week period expire within the next week or two, depending on when they took out the loans. I suspect there will be many employees across the nation coming off the payrolls soon, not just ballplayers. I work for a company in that situation and I know for a fact that some employees will not be returning once the loan money is depleted. Fortunately for me I am not in that category but I feel for those that are.
A VEB writer leaves no doubt who he favors in this mess.
https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2020/5/28/21272588/support-the-players-not-mlb-owners
ESPN has the Cardinals going with Cavalli.
21. St. Louis Cardinals: Cade Cavalli, RHP, Oklahoma
The Cards are still casting a wide net here, but their preferred type of pitcher is athletic with arm speed, and Cavalli has the most of both of those traits among the college arms still on the board. Foscue and Soderstrom both have been tied to St. Louis but aren’t available in this scenario.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/29216982/kiley-mcdaniel-2020-mlb-mock-draft-20
The difference with McGwire was that his drug use helped the team. So fans forgive. Sad but true.
This is very true. A lot of people in baseball, including the fans and the owners, turned a blind eye to PED’s because the HR show was fun to watch, boosted attendance, boosted TV ratings, and of course boosted the the coffers… Money will make people view things very differently.
I remember going to a couple of games at Busch in 1998 and 1999 and half the stadium was full just to watch batting practice.
I read the other day that ESPN is going to do one of those documentaries about McGwire and Sosa and the summer of 1998.
I think the players would be smart to give the owners what they want for 2020 in exchange for getting what the players want in the next CBA. Probably not enough time to hammer all of that out though.
I have no problem with the results. Herr and Tudor are both very deserving. The teams of the 1980’s were some of the most exciting this organization has ever had and they were both right in the middle of it.
Hernandez was obviously a great player and had a big role in the early 80’s. He deserves to get in and I suspect he will eventually.
Carlton is remembered by most as a Phillie but he deserves to be in the Cardinal HOF too but he will probably have to wait on the veteran committee. There just aren’t as many fans left from the 60’s as there are from the 80’s.
I am sure all of the schools would go past their commencement dates, as they do under the current system, but the athletes would be allowed to finish the season.
College baseball is proposing several changes. The biggest would be moving the season to warmer months. If this produces the revenue boost they expect it could lead to more scholarships, which in theory could impact the MLB draft and milb in general.
Simply as a college baseball and @RazorbackBSB fan, this would excite me. https://t.co/xENZ7nyaAO
— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) May 21, 2020
I am aware of his background and I tried to preface my comments as stating there is probably nothing to it. I have never met the guy so I am not trying to make any personal statement other than it could be perceived as an odd image.
This may be off topic but every time I see images like this of Mo I think this looks like a guy who just walked off of his yacht and is headed to the polo match. It probably doesn’t mean much except it is not an image of someone who is able to relate to the plight of minor leaguers who literally have to scrape up money for food. Mo needs a to lose the wrap around scarf or whatever that is.
It is ironic that you posted this article this morning. I woke up this morning debating in my head who would be on the 20 man taxi squad and I came to the same conclusion that it would be made up of two groups. One group would be guys ready for St. Louis and the other would be high ranking prospects who need the work and don’t need to be sitting around inactive all year.
I really can’t quibble with any of your selections. Schrock and Mendoza would be close. Fagalde would be a reach but I might be tempted. Other than that I agree with your selections.
The three teams were built differently but they all three knew how to win.
Win totals:
2004 – 105
1985 – 101
1967- 101I would take the ’85 Cardinals against either of those two teams.
Good question Euro. To my knowledge, there are no certain numerical requirements to justify the “economic uncertainty” certification. I have spoken to my lender about this numerous times and he doesn’t know much more than I do. He told me about the $2 million audit threshold and also said that when companies apply for loan forgiveness they might have to supply financial statements. Other than that we are all kind of in the dark.
Herr’s 1985 was also incredible. He was the number three hitter and had 110 rbi’s with only 8hr’s. I still maintain that 1985 team was the best Cardinal team I have seen despite the infamous world series.
Any company that took a PPP loan in excess of $2 million will be subject to an SBA audit. If the loan is below $2 million then no audit. I have learned more about the PPP the last several weeks than I ever thought I would as I was put in charge of getting a loan for the company I work at.
Hernandez belongs in even with his controversial exit. He and Whitey have patched things up.
Whitey has called Herr the glue to those teams of the 1980’s and I believe it. He was an incredibly solid player.
The 1985 season by Tudor was one of the most incredible this organization has seen. He starts out 1-7 then goes on a 20-1 run to finish 21-8. That was back when pitcher w-l records were more relevant because they logged many more innings. Tudor threw 275 innings that year which we will probably never see again. He normally would have been the Cy Young winner but Gooden had an unbelievable season as well. As a side note, Joaquin Andujar was fourth in the CY Young that year. What a staff!
The bottom line is that we can’t go wrong with two out of those three.
Well I guess DeWitt doesn’t have to hang out at the team hotel when the Cardinals travel to play the Dodgers. :o)
Of course the team won’t be traveling to LA anytime soon.
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