Top 10 of On This Day of Morning Reading
There. I just summarized your sports reading for the past 3½ weeks… and the foreseeable future.
I’m sure some of you are familiar with the Earl Warren quote about turning to the sports section first, to read about man’s accomplishments rather than his failures, which can be found on the front page. But now that’s been taken away.
Baseball these days is focused on MLB, and speculation as to when (and how) it will resume. The latest is that it’ll be next month, strictly in Arizona.
While I think the timing may be too aggressive, I fear this may be the “new normal” – only for television, with limited or no fans – until they develop a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2. And if that’s the case, I cannot see how minor-league baseball could be any different (Florida? The backfields in Arizona?) — or any other major sport.
About the only thing that’s certain is that we’re witnessing something historic. The question is whether it’s the 1930s or the 1860s. The answer is that it might be both.
One wonders where Mark Reynolds will ride into in his next career move .. Happy Trails , Mark.
But you can probably count on at least three strikeouts #kthxbai
13 years is a pretty long career in baseball, more power to him. Most relevant to us here, he was a 16th round pick. You never know until you see them play.
Enjoying the B Kerr reports .
Gardner should have fun moving the pieces around the diamond and batting order later this year especially versus the left handlers …
So MLB is considering spring training sites as legit game action locals ?
What ford that say about each facilities B fields/ back lots??
He’s on a very short list of players with 10 RBIs in a game…
My work is now going to take me to Fredericksburg 2-3 times a month. I’m remembering that there was a real concern that the new stadium was not going to be ready on time, even to the point the team was going to be playing on the road the first 2-3 weeks.
Guess that won’t be a worry now. 🙂
If you can fly through Charlotte airport while it’s getting an internal face lift .. baseball can play @ Fred… lol
While MLB teams are looking to start in May or June at Spring Training sites, does not appear that MILB teams will form. So, without game-ready AAA or AA players, each team will have to carry a sizeable reserve squad at their spring training facility that can step in when players get hurt. For example, last year, the Nats used 48 different players to make it through the season. Nats will need to have a similar number in WPB to make it through a compressed schedule.