MLB Suspends Operations, Starting This Afternoon

[EMK19]

Saw it coming... hopefully best case scenario it can be similar to 1995 (though due to totally different causes obviously) where we started again late April. If not I wonder how much longer the suspension can go on for before deciding to cancel it all for the year... hopefully it never gets to that point though.

[EastCoaster]

NHL just suspended the remainder of their season too early to predict anything on the playoffs.

[Brownie19]

It's going to be a golden age of eSports...

 

and Netflix...and porn.

[Spanky99]

Saw it coming... hopefully best case scenario it can be similar to 1995 (though due to totally different causes obviously) where we started again late April. If not I wonder how much longer the suspension can go on for before deciding to cancel it all for the year... hopefully it never gets to that point though.

 

Mid June would be my guestimation.

[P2F]

and Netflix...and porn.

 

There's a million dollar idea - Nutflix.

[Spanky99]

There's a million dollar idea - Nutflix.

 

lmao

[Deadpool]

and Netflix...and porn.

 

That would be a golden shower age....

[Spanky99]

That would be a golden shower age....

 

lol...

[max silver]

There's a million dollar idea - Nutflix.

 

Hopefully that comes with an included supply of lube or I shudder to think what my penis would end up looking like.

[Deadpool]

So, in the unlikely event that the whole season is cancelled, what happens with contracts, arb and option years, etc?

[Spanky99]

So, in the unlikely event that the whole season is cancelled, what happens with contracts, arb and option years, etc?

 

Mind=Blown gif... it reverts back? Who knows?

 

[Dick_Pole]

There's a million dollar idea - Nutflix.

 

Someone already thought of it...in friggin 2001 lol. did Netflix even exist back then?

 

https://www.whois.com/whois/nutflix.com

[Beans]

[Jaysareus]

Having nobody in the stands for games should be no problem for the Jays as last year almost nobody went to games

[Grant77]

It's a shame about what happened with the NBA. Other leagues have no choice but to follow suit even if they don't think it is the best course of action.

[Spanky99]

It's a shame about what happened with the NBA. Other leagues have no choice but to follow suit even if they don't think it is the best course of action.

 

They all, already have G... lol

 

Here's from Oshawa...

[Krylian]

Did they say anything about the minors? Is that delayed too or has nothing officially been announced yet?

[Orgfiller]

Did they say anything about the minors? Is that delayed too or has nothing officially been announced yet?

 

The minor leagues have also suspended the start of their season.

 

[Spanky99]

Did they say anything about the minors? Is that delayed too or has nothing officially been announced yet?

 

Of course, all minors are done. After said issue, I wonder if many stay in Dunedin.

[glory]

Spring training is only half way through. If it's shutting down, it'll probably take a minimum of 3 weeks to a month to begin playing once they make that decision. Since things are likely to get worse over the next month or so, I can't see regular season games being played before June.

 

Depends on when the league feels they can safely hold empty stadium games. I think that's the first domino here. Things are probably going to get worse in the next 30 days, but if it dies down in May then the league might try to work some empty stadium games before getting the green light to have fans in attendance. MLB is the one sports league that can't afford to push back the schedule so even if they start the season in June, they'll probably add multiple double headers into the schedule to make up for as many lost games as possible.

 

The only other option would be to extend the season and then have the playoffs and World Series held in a neutral environment that either has warm weather and/or a closed roof. November/December baseball in a dome somewhere could probably work, though I have no idea how it would do in attendance or ratings since baseball is a regional sport. The NFL can have the playoffs anywhere and fans would come. Not sure how it would do in baseball, but they may not have a choice.

[Spanky99]

As of today... 2 weeks are done in April.

[Spanky99]

Depends on when the league feels they can safely hold empty stadium games. I think that's the first domino here. Things are probably going to get worse in the next 30 days, but if it dies down in May then the league might try to work some empty stadium games before getting the green light to have fans in attendance. MLB is the one sports league that can't afford to push back the schedule so even if they start the season in June, they'll probably add multiple double headers into the schedule to make up for as many lost games as possible.

 

The only other option would be to extend the season and then have the playoffs and World Series held in a neutral environment that either has warm weather and/or a closed roof. November/December baseball in a dome somewhere could probably work, though I have no idea how it would do in attendance or ratings since baseball is a regional sport. The NFL can have the playoffs anywhere and fans would come. Not sure how it would do in baseball, but they may not have a choice.

 

You trippin'

[Jimcanuck]

No chance it dies down in May, IMO. Going to be many months and most people in the world are going to get infected. The ones that don't are the ones that have started and will continue to practice social distancing, avoid touching their face, wash with soap and water several times a day. BTW, washing with soap and water is more effective as it removes the virus, hand sanitizer does not, and does not necessarily kill the virus.

[BTS]

No chance it dies down in May, IMO. Going to be many months and most people in the world are going to get infected. The ones that don't are the ones that have started and will continue to practice social distancing, avoid touching their face, wash with soap and water several times a day. BTW, washing with soap and water is more effective as it removes the virus, hand sanitizer does not, and does not necessarily kill the virus.

 

UK is expecting the peak to be in 10-14 weeks. We’re probably looking at June for the season to start.

[Jimcanuck]

UK is expecting the peak to be in 10-14 weeks. We’re probably looking at June for the season to start.

 

I don't believe government predictions. The messaging is primarily to avoid panic. The true expectations are not for public consumption.

[Carlos Danger]

China wants to start up it’s basketball season again. They are telling Jeremy Lin and others to get back there to start games.

 

As absurd as that may sound, it seems like cases are decreasing in China and things are getting under control. But who knows what is true. This began seriously in January, and now they want to start up mid-March..

[Grant77]

Given that the virus is very sensitive to heat and humidity, I would expect Florida to be one of their first places cleared to play. Of course politics and healthcare can alter the spread as much as it's biology, but it gives me hope that ST can get started quickly.

[Grant77]

China wants to start up it’s basketball season again. They are telling Jeremy Lin and others to get back there to start games.

 

As absurd as that may sound, it seems like cases are decreasing in China and things are getting under control. But who knows what is true. This began seriously in January, and now they want to start up mid-March..

 

If the numbers are to be believed then they are approaching 2 months with a death rate not much different than influenza. The initial spike in Wuhan province was pretty devastating, however.

[Deadpool]

Having nobody in the stands for games should be no problem for the Jays as last year almost nobody went to games

 

More people went to see the Jays play last year than the Leafs and Raptors combined... (Edit: this is back of the napkin math, so it may be off by a bit, but not much...)

[Boxcar]

If it's not 100% chance, then it's damn close.

 

The problem is that baseball can't extend the season into November/December without weather playing a huge part. The NBA can realistically suspend the season for two months and just end the playoffs in August once they resume, and it wouldn't make a difference for them. In baseball, if you start the season in June, and have to end it two months later to get all the games in, it will be a disaster. They would have to eat up the revenue loss by eliminating the scheduled games in April and possibly May (depending on how long this scare lasts) and then play a shortened season. That's why I can understand Manfred trying to prolong this as long as he can, but it will ultimately fail. Spring training games will probably be shut down soon, and Opening Day likely pushed back. How far back is the question.

 

Between this and a potential lockout after 2021, our six years with Vlad/Bo/Biggio might seem a lot shorter.

 

They could just play the games in the southern US, Puerto Rico or Mexico if they needed to extend anything as a last resort.