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Post by skokiejoe on Aug 8, 2020 14:48:42 GMT -5
Rumor: Cardinal management and players have discuss opting out of the rest of the season.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2020 14:49:18 GMT -5
Per multiple sources: The Cardinals can not gather as a team to practice till at least Tuesday and maybe as long as Thursday. The 3 Game series with Pittsburgh will be postponed. Best case would be to resume on Thursday which would mean 55 games in 46 days. I'm not sure that is achievable. I think they have to forfeit some games. Might as well make us 13-3.
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Post by GoCubsGo4ever on Aug 8, 2020 15:22:21 GMT -5
Rumor: Cardinal management and players have discuss opting out of the rest of the season. This could be a possible solution. The MLB can then remove the W-L record of the 5 games they played, and none of the NL and AL teams would be put into disadvantage.
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Post by Clark Street on Aug 8, 2020 15:32:45 GMT -5
Per multiple sources: The Cardinals can not gather as a team to practice till at least Tuesday and maybe as long as Thursday. The 3 Game series with Pittsburgh will be postponed. Best case would be to resume on Thursday which would mean 55 games in 46 days. I'm not sure that is achievable. I think they have to forfeit some games. Might as well make us 13-3. I can understand forfeits meaning losses for the Cardinals. However, in my opinion it would not be right to give wins to teams that just happened to be scheduled to play cancelled games against the Cardinals.
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Post by Clark Street on Aug 8, 2020 15:35:16 GMT -5
Rumor: Cardinal management and players have discuss opting out of the rest of the season. Source?
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Post by skokiejoe on Aug 8, 2020 15:50:46 GMT -5
Rumor: Cardinal management and players have discuss opting out of the rest of the season. Source? FWIW Twitter. I should have clarified. I hope I am wrong but I would not be surprised that more Cardinals test positive in the next few days.
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Post by Clark Street on Aug 8, 2020 15:56:21 GMT -5
Sports Commentary Headline: Cardinals' chances of salvaging a season seem like one in a million now
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Post by symposiumx on Aug 8, 2020 16:18:21 GMT -5
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Post by Clark Street on Aug 8, 2020 16:39:31 GMT -5
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Post by Reverency on Aug 8, 2020 17:55:26 GMT -5
Ah, numbers. Gotta love math. <3 First the Marlins. You'd think other teams would have learned. Now the Cardinals. Does anyone think the lesson has been learned YET? Just waiting for the next domino. I keep thinking some people just can't be that stupid, and they just keep on proving me wrong. Sigh. The stupidity started long before the season got underway. The commissioner, owners and players all deserve equal blame on screwing up this season. They had at least 3 months to work out the details on so many different issues and they failed miserably. No argument from me on cluster-stupidity. Seriously, as much as I wanted baseball, I NEVER thought that the logistics of either a baseball bubble or some semblance of "control," that depended on the best behavior and best practices of thousands of people simultaneously, had even the slightest possibility of finishing any kind of season. There are just not enough baseball bats in the world available for knocking some sense into some people.
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Post by sosacorks on Aug 8, 2020 23:40:58 GMT -5
I still have my flag flying. I'm not going to count that last loss. Either way the cards issues are the Cubs gain. I want to post a pic of my new blue light and my new house colors from my phone. Can't figure it out at this moment lol. I think some people might think it's cool. Any tips?
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Post by symposiumx on Aug 9, 2020 1:10:30 GMT -5
The stupidity started long before the season got underway. The commissioner, owners and players all deserve equal blame on screwing up this season. They had at least 3 months to work out the details on so many different issues and they failed miserably. No argument from me on cluster-stupidity. Seriously, as much as I wanted baseball, I NEVER thought that the logistics of either a baseball bubble or some semblance of "control," that depended on the best behavior and best practices of thousands of people simultaneously, had even the slightest possibility of finishing any kind of season. There are just not enough baseball bats in the world available for knocking some sense into some people. As unpopular and as inconvenient as it would be, the only way to have ensured a season would have to have a bubble. Everyone in, or no go. I understand people’s freedoms and what they desire, but it’s just not viable in this moment.
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Post by batman66 on Aug 9, 2020 9:28:27 GMT -5
No argument from me on cluster-stupidity. Seriously, as much as I wanted baseball, I NEVER thought that the logistics of either a baseball bubble or some semblance of "control," that depended on the best behavior and best practices of thousands of people simultaneously, had even the slightest possibility of finishing any kind of season. There are just not enough baseball bats in the world available for knocking some sense into some people. As unpopular and as inconvenient as it would be, the only way to have ensured a season would have to have a bubble. Everyone in, or no go. I understand people’s freedoms and what they desire, but it’s just not viable in this moment. Don't need a damn bubble. 28 out of 30 teams have had no issues so if it werent for some dumbasses on 2 teams this would be working. MLB should have come up with a better plan for dealing with teams that do have outbreaks so they can continue playing . Maybe something like having the teams AAA team step in for games the major league team was put on hold.
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Post by symposiumx on Aug 9, 2020 10:30:13 GMT -5
As unpopular and as inconvenient as it would be, the only way to have ensured a season would have to have a bubble. Everyone in, or no go. I understand people’s freedoms and what they desire, but it’s just not viable in this moment. Don't need a damn bubble. 28 out of 30 teams have had no issues so if it werent for some dumbasses on 2 teams this would be working. MLB should have come up with a better plan for dealing with teams that do have outbreaks so they can continue playing . Maybe something like having the teams AAA team step in for games the major league team was put on hold. I hope you’re right.
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Post by jerm42991 on Aug 9, 2020 10:33:26 GMT -5
As unpopular and as inconvenient as it would be, the only way to have ensured a season would have to have a bubble. Everyone in, or no go. I understand people’s freedoms and what they desire, but it’s just not viable in this moment. Don't need a damn bubble. 28 out of 30 teams have had no issues so if it werent for some dumbasses on 2 teams this would be working. MLB should have come up with a better plan for dealing with teams that do have outbreaks so they can continue playing . Maybe something like having the teams AAA team step in for games the major league team was put on hold. Its been 2 of 30 for now, at this rate I wouldnt be surprised to see a 3rd next week and another after that. The longer the season goes, the more people will feel trapped and the more there will be an urge to go out
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Post by skokiejoe on Aug 9, 2020 10:42:06 GMT -5
It’s been confirmed by Jeff Passan and Jason Mackey (via Twitter). The Cardinals and Pirates series has been cancelled. That's 13 games postponed/cancelled and counting.
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Post by batman66 on Aug 9, 2020 10:56:33 GMT -5
Don't need a damn bubble. 28 out of 30 teams have had no issues so if it werent for some dumbasses on 2 teams this would be working. MLB should have come up with a better plan for dealing with teams that do have outbreaks so they can continue playing . Maybe something like having the teams AAA team step in for games the major league team was put on hold. Its been 2 of 30 for now, at this rate I wouldnt be surprised to see a 3rd next week and another after that. The longer the season goes, the more people will feel trapped and the more there will be an urge to go out You are probably right. But they can't let s few teams ruin a season for them all. The thing I look at is the protocal for playing games seems to be working from the aspect we are not seeing positives coming from the teams they just played, so it is not an in game issue to worry about. And now they need to lay down the law about breaking protocal outside the park. If it is deemed an outbreak comes from players not following guidlines like strong rumors show from the Marlins and STL players should be suspended for the season and teams penalized somehow .
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Post by section8max on Aug 9, 2020 11:50:31 GMT -5
Rumor: Cardinal management and players have discuss opting out of the rest of the season. Source? St Louis post dispatch I hope MLB has flexibility to schedule around the Cardinals.
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Post by skokiejoe on Aug 9, 2020 13:01:52 GMT -5
If the Cardinals do opt-out my understanding is that the Cardinals games played would count in the Twins and Pirates seasons.
To get each team back to 60
Cubs, Brewers and Reds would need to add 10 games Pirates would need to add 7 games Twins would need to add 2 Tigers would need to add 4 Indians and WSOX would need to add 3
This would require some major reshuffling of the schedule.
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Post by skokiejoe on Aug 9, 2020 14:27:57 GMT -5
Now a complete 180 from Cards sources. All of today tests game back negative for the virus. Cards may be allowed to practice Monday and play Tuesday. I do not know what to believe.
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