Yesterday morning, Baseball America broke the news that MiLB and MLB would be meeting today to negotiate the next PBA, with the former agreeing to the latter’s demands to reduce from 162 affiliates to 120. Yesterday afternoon, MiLB issued a “denial.” Why the quotes? Note the Pitino-esque “largely.” Plus, this isn’t just BA – multiple …
SYRACUSE CHIEFS (2016) Syracuse 3 Lehigh Valley 2 • Jordan 4⅔ IP, 8H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 4K • Grace (W, 1-0) 1⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, BB, 0K • Solis (H, 3) 2IP, 1H, 0R, BB, 4K • Turner 1-4, R, 3B • Skole 0-2, R, 2BB A walk, balk, a groundout, and a sacrifice fly …
With the prospects for minor-league baseball in 2020 dimmer than these folks, I floated this idea in the previous post. Simply put: I’m cherry-picking from the News & Notes for this date from the past 10 seasons (i.e. the first ten of this site’s existence). If there’s a working boxscore, I’ll link to it, but …
It’s been broached in the comments, but ignored in every “bubble league” proposal I’ve seen. Will there be minor-league baseball in 2020? Ths good news is that I think the answer is maybe. The bad news is that I think if it happens, it will be just like spring training: on the backfields, with no …
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 …
Yesterday, the NCAA essentially declared that 2020 season did not happen, restoring eligibility for all spring sport athlete-students in Division I. Given last week’s news about the 2020 and 2021 drafts being shortened, this seems like a good thing for the players, right? Well, maybe not. I’ve never professed to like the Draft, never mind …
As noted in the comments, the Nats made some roster moves on what would have been Opening Day: OPTIONED TO AAA: C Tres Barrera RHP Erick Fedde OPTIONED TO AA: RHP James Bourque RHP Kyle Finnegan UT Adrían Sanchez OF Andrew Stevenson This is, of course, procedural and no doubt a result of the reported …
Just a short post to let you know that we haven’t gone dark. That feels like a mantra for the 2019-20 offseason. Thankfully, I have a job where working from home is not a huge departure. About a 1/3rd of my company is permanently remote, and my particular office has two days per week sanctioned …
Somehow we’re still finding things to talk about, even with basically no sports. First the good (well, not bad) news. MLB has stepped up and provided some semblance of relief for minor-leaguers. Perhaps more disturbing, though, is Mr. Doughtery’s revelation via Twitter: The Nationals were not one of the teams that agreed to pay minor …
Today is St. Patrick’s Day, the first of what will be several spring rituals changed in 2020 – no parades, road races, or creative use of pizza. (Well, maybe.) Yesterday, MLB announced it will follow the CDC’s recommendation of no gatherings of more than 50 people for at least eight weeks, which obviously will apply …