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Post by cubs4everr on Aug 7, 2020 12:27:07 GMT -5
tonight game with cardinals cancelled due 2 another cardinal testing positive
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Post by Clark Street on Aug 7, 2020 12:39:49 GMT -5
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Post by jrj0381 on Aug 7, 2020 16:42:42 GMT -5
Cubs may as well go home for the weekend
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Post by skokiejoe on Aug 7, 2020 17:04:50 GMT -5
Cubs may as well go home for the weekend My friend at United said they are flying out tonight. |
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Post by TheChico on Aug 7, 2020 17:26:48 GMT -5
Series postphoned. Fucking stupid!!
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Post by Mike on Aug 7, 2020 17:48:33 GMT -5
At what point to the shrtbirds start forfeiting games for breaking league protocol?
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Post by trav768 on Aug 7, 2020 18:01:21 GMT -5
At what point to the shrtbirds start forfeiting games for breaking league protocol? should start now. |
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Post by jpepitone on Aug 7, 2020 18:06:52 GMT -5
At what point to the shrtbirds start forfeiting games for breaking league protocol? should start now. I agree. The other 29 teams seem to have no problem (the Marlins originally had problems I know but it’s apparently been rectified). There is no excuse for it. |
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Post by Clark Street on Aug 7, 2020 18:22:22 GMT -5
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Post by tehmpus on Aug 7, 2020 19:53:58 GMT -5
Btw, Cardinals suck. I didn't really need to post that since all of you already know.
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Post by ddevonb on Aug 7, 2020 20:38:20 GMT -5
Since the remaining Cubs-Cards series are at Wrigley, MLB will likely make the Cardinals make up their games at Wrigley.
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Post by idontcare on Aug 8, 2020 8:11:09 GMT -5
At what point to the shrtbirds start forfeiting games for breaking league protocol? I think teams should be forced to forfeit any game they cannot make up. |
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Post by Reverency on Aug 9, 2020 12:08:45 GMT -5
At what point to the shrtbirds start forfeiting games for breaking league protocol? I think teams should be forced to forfeit any game they cannot make up. I'm sympathetic, but then you'll have whole teams opt out. Once it's impossible to have any meaningful season, who would chance getting Covid? End-of-season meaningless games during a normal season are one thing, meaningless games during Covid are a different animal entirely. |
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Post by jerm42991 on Aug 9, 2020 12:21:51 GMT -5
I think teams should be forced to forfeit any game they cannot make up. I'm sympathetic, but then you'll have whole teams opt out. Once it's impossible to have any meaningful season, who would chance getting Covid? End-of-season meaningless games during a normal season are one thing, meaningless games during Covid are a different animal entirely. $$ means larger than health for a lot of the players. Those meaningless games give them a full paycheck |
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Post by Reverency on Aug 9, 2020 12:45:37 GMT -5
I'm sympathetic, but then you'll have whole teams opt out. Once it's impossible to have any meaningful season, who would chance getting Covid? End-of-season meaningless games during a normal season are one thing, meaningless games during Covid are a different animal entirely. $$ means larger than health for a lot of the players. Those meaningless games give them a full paycheck And yet there are news stories that the Cardinals may opt out. In any case, the choice may not lay with the players. I just researched as much as I could about the agreement to play this season. I can't believe the MLBPA association agreed to it!! Yech! |
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Post by idontcare on Aug 9, 2020 19:34:33 GMT -5
I think teams should be forced to forfeit any game they cannot make up. I'm sympathetic, but then you'll have whole teams opt out. Once it's impossible to have any meaningful season, who would chance getting Covid? End-of-season meaningless games during a normal season are one thing, meaningless games during Covid are a different animal entirely. What? For a team like the Marlins and Cardinals who had Covid outbreaks due to disregarding protocol, if they cannot make up every game that got canceled then the games they cannot make up should be forfeited vs. allowing the end of the season to be based on winning percentage when one team may play 60 games and another play 50. That has nothing to do with playing meaningless games. I'm not suggesting teams should forfeit every game, just the ones they cannot make up. This schedule jockeying is ridiculous. |
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Post by Reverency on Aug 10, 2020 7:06:13 GMT -5
I'm sympathetic, but then you'll have whole teams opt out. Once it's impossible to have any meaningful season, who would chance getting Covid? End-of-season meaningless games during a normal season are one thing, meaningless games during Covid are a different animal entirely. What? For a team like the Marlins and Cardinals who had Covid outbreaks due to disregarding protocol, if they cannot make up every game that got canceled then the games they cannot make up should be forfeited vs. allowing the end of the season to be based on winning percentage when one team may play 60 games and another play 50. That has nothing to do with playing meaningless games. I'm not suggesting teams should forfeit every game, just the ones they cannot make up. This schedule jockeying is ridiculous. Sorry, I was coming at this from a different POV, but as was pointed out in another thread, winning percentages based on differing total games has its own inherent problems and inequities. And now ANOTHER Cardinals' series has been cancelled. And more players have been exposed. Geesh! |
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Post by idontcare on Aug 10, 2020 7:33:24 GMT -5
What? For a team like the Marlins and Cardinals who had Covid outbreaks due to disregarding protocol, if they cannot make up every game that got canceled then the games they cannot make up should be forfeited vs. allowing the end of the season to be based on winning percentage when one team may play 60 games and another play 50. That has nothing to do with playing meaningless games. I'm not suggesting teams should forfeit every game, just the ones they cannot make up. This schedule jockeying is ridiculous. Sorry, I was coming at this from a different POV, but as was pointed out in another thread, winning percentages based on differing total games has its own inherent problems and inequities. And now ANOTHER Cardinals' series has been cancelled. And more players have been exposed. 14 Games!! Geesh! Anyway you slice it a team has the potential of getting screwed because it's not just players going out and breaking protocol who can cause an outbreak. As an example, later in the season, Jon Lester could simply have his groceries delivered and the delivery person could be asymptotic and accidentally spread the virus to him. Then he spreads it the rest of the team and the Cubs may not have time to make up 5-6 games despite doing everything they possibly can to limit the spread of infection. You can only do so much.... IMO, the best thing baseball could have done was for the players to agree to a complete lock down. It was just a couple months and although it's not the same but the military isolate themselves for 6-12 month deployments, a ball player can do 2 months. Obviously some players would not have agreed, which is their right, but I believe the majority of the league would have but when you start involving service time, pay, etc etc it muddies the waters quite a bit. |
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