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15 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:
What are the odds this is it for the career?
Can't imagine a lot of demand existing for his services in 2021.
I think it’s the end of the line for him. Heck of a career.
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10 minutes ago, Ruzious said:
It surprised me a little, because Nick's known for his outstanding durability, though I'm certainly not going to knock him for his decision. It makes for some interesting possibilities for the Braves OF situation. Do they use both of their 21 year old OF prospects - Pache and Waters. With Freeman also potentially out and with the NL using the DH for the first time, the Braves might be looking for a 1st baseman/corner OFer type that can hit.
They have Alonso and Austin Riley as possibilities for first base.
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Yes, Maryland and DC have been going down, but VA has gone up these past two weeks compared to the previous two weeks. Though Fairfax seems to be doing relatively well. After going down a bit, NY’s deaths increased these past two weeks as well.
There were almost as many cases reported in FL this weekend as total cases in Japan, South Korea, and Australia combined since this thing started.
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KC locks him up for another 10 years. Looking forward to seeing the details on that contract.
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In one of the baseball threads there was discussion of the declining death rate (in the context of Florida)
Florida’s mortality rate has declined from a high of 4.4% on 6/4 to under 2% today. However the number of cases has doubled i. The past two weeks. On 6/22, there were 97,291 cases. Today, there are 200,111. Death rate has gone down, but deaths have gone up. 570 deaths over the past two weeks compared to 461 the previous two weeks.
In fact, 22 of the 50 states had more deaths from June 22-July 6 than June 8-June 22.
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As we’ve been asked to many times, I’ll add my COVID-19 comments in the general discussion Coronavirus thread.
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1 hour ago, MurphDogg said:
Best response: “Lord, leave it to a Cub to ruin baseball for the summer.” This poor soul thinks the quote is from Anthony Rizzo.
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Testing is not starting off smoothly. Both Oakland and Washington have postponed today’s workouts because of a failure in returning test results.
Testers didn’t show up for LAA and two other teams yesterday.
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5 minutes ago, survivedc said:
Good for 82nd highest in the league. Big to you and me, not all that big to baseball.
That’s right at the cusp of the 90th percentile. Half of the guys who opted out are there. (Last I saw was 6, could be more now)
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22 minutes ago, survivedc said:
You get a year of service time whether you play or not.
Price is the only big dollar name to bow out thus far and I don’t expect he will start a trend.
$15M (Desmond/Leake) is still big money these days. No?
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7 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:
From what I read, I’d tend to give a little break on the testing delay. At least in Doolittle’s case. For some reason he got tested on Friday instead of Wednesday. It’s Sunday of a holiday weekend.
Cant speak to the lack of PPE though.
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From this article about the two Nationals players testing positive, not all test results have come back.
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2 minutes ago, atomic said:
What fence mending would he need to do? He hasn’t even played with the Dodgers yet. I don’t think any other players would be upset with a player skipping this season. He is giving up $12 million dollars.
He also gave 200k+ to pay the Dodgers minor leaguers.
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20 minutes ago, MongoBoy said:
I haven't been to the 'Yards' since they first opened. It was against the Brewers. O's lost. Go figure. But, I know one thing for sure. The first player, or team, that kneels during the anthem, or wears some sort of emblem concerning a particular group, will be the last time I watch baseball. I was an NFL fan for 40+ years. Haven't watched a game in 4 years. Sports is meant to be an escape from life's problems. I will not listen to a bunch of multimillionaire players whine like Lebron James.
You know an MLB player has knelt. And you’re still watching?
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1 hour ago, Satyr3206 said:
Funny, I get 8 down votes and Legend of Joey gets two up votes. My view on this is based entirely in science. The family of coronaviruses. including the common cold, have been around for a very long time. If you spend the time to do your own research you may or may not come to the same conclusion. Sort of amazing all these stat guys can't see the info in front of them. Objective thought requires that you think..........Objectively.
If you can’t tell why your post got downvoted and Legend of Joey’s got upvoted, you may want to do a little more research.
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The Cleveland Indians are explaining a name change as well.
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Freddie Freeman reported to camp and tested negative. Now he has it and is “not doing great” and “will be out for some time” according to his manager.
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37 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:
I'm fine with market pressures forcing a change.
Given the play on the field under current ownership they should just go with the Generals.
Too soon. Too soon.
If they don’t do a Prince-like symbol, they should look into:
D.C Lakers - No lakes in L.A. No lakes in D.C.
D.C. Jazz - Makes more sense than Utah being the hometown of Duke Ellington
D.C. Patriots - why should New England have a monopoly on loving America
Washington SuperSonics - eat it, Seattle.
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Well, it’s happening.
Don’t like it. But it’s inevitable now.
There are 1 or 2 suggestions that I don’t mind/kind of like.
Might end up buying the Super Bowl DVDs before they get pulled from streaming.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/FabianArdaya/status/1279074288478244864
Trout is not a definite to play.
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11 hours ago, atomic said:
Seems like the guys sitting out have all mad tons of money already. But anyone can sit out this year or any other year if they want to. Not a big deal to me,
Four guys, so far. Three of them, yeah. Joe Ross, not so much. So he hasn’t really made much relatively. He’s made around $2M in his career. Made a $1M last year. Was supposed to make $1.5M this year, but with the proration, he’s only giving up $556k.
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Can he get to 500 HRs?
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32 minutes ago, Number5 said:
I seriously doubt if Aaron led the NL in HR in the 1970's, since he didn't play the whole decade. I would guess someone like Stargell, Bench, or Schmidt would be the guy. I'm guessing all 3 of those guys had more HR in the 1970's than Aaron.
You’re correct. It was Stargell. I played a game on Sporcle last week and I thought that Aaron had done it. Not true. He led the NL in the 60s. Going back and looking at it, Aaron had the most homers over the course of the 60 and 70s, but not the 70s alone.
20s Ruth
30s Foxx
40s Williams
50s Snider
60s Killebrew
70s Stargell
80s Schmidt
90s McGwire
00s Rodriguez
10s Cruz
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If you are looking for live sports, The Basketball Tournament starts this weekend and the games are on ESPN. I was checking out the website (which is only partially updated as far as I can tell). From scanning the rosters, it looks like Diamond Stone, Dez Wells, and Damonte Dodd are playing.
Snyder's attempt to defuse the "Redskins" name controversy
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Wouldn’t be surprised if this leads to an ownership change, especially if the season doesn’t get off the ground. The three non-family minority owners want to sell. Snyder’s wealth is mostly tied to the team. I could see Bezos making a move.