The MLB Thread

shemptiness wrote:
“Our opinion is THIS DIDN'T IMPACT THE GAME. We had a good team. We won the World Series and we’ll leave it at that,” Crane said.

WHAT??


Your opinion is only as valid as the evidence you have to back it up, and the evidence is quite damning:

https://theathletic.com/1573075/2020/01/31/does-electronic-sign-stealing-work-the-astros-numbers-are-eye-popping/
Guess what day it is…
Bobby Bonilla!!!



(You best me to it!)
hutch wrote:
Bobby Bonilla!!!



(You best me to it!)


Wait, there's more
I really think they should cancel the season
I wonder what Marlins Man has been up to these baseball-less days.
Anthony Fauci to throw ceremonial first pitch at Nationals’ opener
The Washington Nationals on Monday announced that Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the country’s leading voices during the novel coronavirus pandemic, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch when his two favorite teams, the Nationals and New York Yankees, open Major League Baseball’s shortened 60-game season Thursday at Nationals Park.
“That will show Trump! That will piss him off!”
Mookie Betts signs mega deal with Dodgers..12 years $365 million
Soto out with covid


I don’t get the point of having a season under these circumstances (other than $)
It’s not about the $. It’s all about the fans.

This fan couldn’t care less about it this year.
wow, every player on both teams kneeling* in the opening game
https://twitter.com/josephabondy/status/1286501954752061440

*the kneeling shown here was during the video tribute to BLM, and that players all~ stood for the Anthem.

~I think one knelt

Yikes, Fauci's pitch was very symbolic of 2020
https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/1286443401261572098
best response: He clearly doesn’t want anyone to catch anything
Marlins home opener postponed due to too many Marlins contracting covid19
First tigers, now Fish!
It was such a bad first pitch, why would they commemorate it
Watching the antics of the grounds crew in DC today was more entertaining than the game itself.
Nats will apparently do anything to avoid another embarrassing sweep by the Os.