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Re: Baseball: Will they or won't they start/complete the shortened 60 game season???

Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:35 pm
by McAvoy
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:28 am
McAvoy wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:58 am
T'Pau wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:06 pm Hockey and basketball might fare better with the playing in a bubble atmosphere.
Well side bonus with the NFL. More Patriots players opt out the more Belichick has to figure out how to use other players with less ability and the better chance they lose. Unfortunately that may result in them getting that top end QB from Clemson. Which is the last thing he needs. A hot shot rookie QB.
I kinda understood what you typed, here. Man, I really don't know much about football. :lol:
Patriots is the team Belichick coaches. He considered to be the best coach in the history of the NFL. He has 8 players opting out to play this season which I think all of them are potential starters. Bare minimum to field a team is 24, thigh there could be more. So roughly a third of his team is not playing this year.

Re: Baseball: Will they or won't they start/complete the shortened 60 game season???

Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:41 pm
by RK_Striker_JK_5
McAvoy wrote: Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:35 pm

Patriots is the team Belichick coaches. He considered to be the best coach in the history of the NFL. He has 8 players opting out to play this season which I think all of them are potential starters. Bare minimum to field a team is 24, thigh there could be more. So roughly a third of his team is not playing this year.
All right, thanks. Methinks they should just cancel the damned NFL season, too.

Re: Baseball: Will they or won't they start/complete the shortened 60 game season???

Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 1:04 am
by T'Pau
Ah Belicheat...couldn't happen to a nicer guy

Re: Baseball: Will they or won't they start/complete the shortened 60 game season???

Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 1:08 am
by RK_Striker_JK_5
T'Pau wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 1:04 am Ah Belicheat...couldn't happen to a nicer guy
Something about an underinflated football, right? :P

Re: Baseball: Will they or won't they start/complete the shortened 60 game season???

Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 3:14 am
by McAvoy
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 1:08 am
T'Pau wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 1:04 am Ah Belicheat...couldn't happen to a nicer guy
Something about an underinflated football, right? :P
He likes to videotape stuff too.

Less legal stuff is to find some loophole in the rule book he can exploit.

Re: Baseball: Will they or won't they start/complete the shortened 60 game season???

Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 4:57 am
by RK_Striker_JK_5
McAvoy wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 3:14 am
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 1:08 am
T'Pau wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 1:04 am Ah Belicheat...couldn't happen to a nicer guy
Something about an underinflated football, right? :P
He likes to videotape stuff too.

Less legal stuff is to find some loophole in the rule book he can exploit.
How... 'nice'. And by that I mean not sounding cool at all.

Admittedly, my biggest exposure to football was when Joe Montana was quarterback for the 49ers. And the only reason for that was because my sister had a huge crush on him.

Re: Baseball: Will they or won't they start/complete the shortened 60 game season???

Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 11:49 am
by T'Pau
As much as I am really enjoying the baseball season so far, I just don't see how it can continue much longer. So many postponed games due to Covid outbreaks plus weather postponements, with a serious dash of opt-out/injured players equates to more games left to be played in too few days.

Re: Baseball: Will they or won't they start/complete the shortened 60 game season???

Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 7:57 pm
by McAvoy
T'Pau wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2020 11:49 am As much as I am really enjoying the baseball season so far, I just don't see how it can continue much longer. So many postponed games due to Covid outbreaks plus weather postponements, with a serious dash of opt-out/injured players equates to more games left to be played in too few days.
Yeah this baseball season is just a pure mess.

It's going to take awhile for sports to get back to normal. Or a new normal I guess.

Re: Baseball: Will they or won't they start/complete the shortened 60 game season???

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:12 pm
by T'Pau
Well, they have reached the milestone in the season where they are cutting the teams from 30 players to 28 for the remainder of the season and post season, and increasing the taxi squad from 3 to 5 players.

The change to 7 inning double headers is probably good to preserve player health, but really screws up how to manage the pitching staff. I get it, but don't like it.

Same dislike for each new pitcher having to face at least 3 batters before a change can be made. What a nightmare for guys who are lefty specialists, etc.

Re: Baseball: Will they or won't they start/complete the shortened 60 game season???

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:55 pm
by RK_Striker_JK_5
Good fucking lord... CANCEL THE SEASON!

Re: Baseball: Will they or won't they start/complete the shortened 60 game season???

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:15 pm
by T'Pau
Took the words and sentiment right from my brain!

Re: Baseball: Will they or won't they start/complete the shortened 60 game season???

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 5:11 pm
by Nutso
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Re: Baseball: Will they or won't they start/complete the shortened 60 game season???

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:22 pm
by T'Pau
Gawd, weekend at Bernie's...have seen lots of interesting faces in the stadiums in the crowd of creepy cardboard cutouts.

Re: Baseball: Will they or won't they start/complete the shortened 60 game season???

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:58 pm
by Griffin
There was a football match here recently that was attended by non-other than Osama Bin Laden.

Re: Baseball: Will they or won't they start/complete the shortened 60 game season???

Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 1:56 am
by Nutso
Griffin wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:58 pm There was a football match here recently that was attended by non-other than Osama Bin Laden.
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