Baseball: Opening Day Observations

[+ WilliamM]

I sort of vaguely remember my dad taking

me to weekend baseball games when the Boston Braves were still on the East Coast before Milwaukee. Probably saw Mays, Musial. Absolutely saw Ted Williams, Mantle and Maris in 1960/1961.

 

Don't have great memories of playing in the Little League though. The field was very close to the elementary school. Too close during the Summer. I was baseball out by the end of the World Series.

[+ WilliamM]

The St. Louis Milwaukee game today is cancelled.

 

According to St. Louis Post Dispatch, the Cardinals are considering adding some players at Springfield, Missoula to the major roster to play two games on Sunday with the Brewers.

 

Desperate, or wise?

 

Generally, St. Louis is definitely an old school franchise with more World Series titles than any team except the New York Yankees.

[+ Lucky]

The baseball season cannot take many more cancellations.

[+ WilliamM]

The St. Louis Milwaukee double header on Sunday is postponed.

 

Also, the St. Louis Detroit game on Monday is postponed

[+ WilliamM]

Horrible news.

 

Boston Red Sox pitching ace Eduardo Rodriguez will not pitch this baseball season.

 

His is recovering from a covid19 related heart issue.

 

Difficult now to predict the baseball season will make it through the middle of August.

[+ Lucky]

Mets player Yoenis Cespedes did not show up for work today. He later announced that he had decided to opt out this season. The player did not bother to inform the team beforehand. His contract with the Mets ends this season, so essentially he is now an ex-Met.

Cespedes did have a shitty day on Saturday, when he went 0-4 and struck out twice.

[+ WilliamM]

More St. Louis Cardinals players and staff have tested positive. At the moment, the Cardinal-Tigers series has been cancelled and the Field of Dreams Cards White Sox game on Thursday. Is cancelled.

 

That leaves the St. Louis Chicago Cubs game on Friday which is still scheduled

 

Added: seven players & six staff members of the Cardinals.

[+ WilliamM]

Does anyone think the Marlins and Cardinals are the last major league teams to contact the virus?

[+ WilliamM]

St. Louis Cardinals catcher, Yadier Molina is among the players testing positive for COVID19.

 

Yikes

[JayCeeKy]

I watched most of the three games series Yankees vs Red Sox. Aaron Judge made it worthwhile. His 6 HR are tied for the most through 8 games in Yankees history (Alex Rodriguez in 2007). I was surprised that the fake fan sounds actually added to the game, IMHO.

[+ Lucky]

On a side note, it was revealed today that a major league player for the Toronto Blue Jays was arrested in spring training for masturbating in his car. Catcher Reese McGuire whacked one in his SUV after leaving a strip club.

More: https://nypost.com/2020/08/04/video-of-reese-mcguires-masturbation-arrest-what-an-idiot/

[+ WilliamM]

Tonight Chicago Cubs St. Louis Cardinals game cancelled because another Cards player tests positive for COVID19.

[+ WilliamM]

The Cubs team have returned to Chicago.

 

There is no indication when St. Louis will play again. The games with the Pittsburgh

Pirates starting on Monday are clearly in doubt.

Edited August 8, 2020 by WilliamM

[+ Lucky]

The Yankees are slumping! And they don't wear masks in the dugout or on the field. Now they are in Florida...what could go wrong?

[+ WilliamM]

St. Louis Post Dispatch:

 

The Cardinals chances of salvaging the season are about one in a million

[+ Lucky]

I am about to watch the Yankee double header with Tampa Bay. (I wonder if @Tampa Yankee will be watching.

The Yankees got off to a good start, but have slowed down, getting only two hits last night. Sexy Gleyber Torres is not hitting at all, and Gary Sanchez is also a flop at the plate.

Gleyber:

[+ WilliamM]

Now Major League Baseball may decide if the Cardinals are essential or not for the 2020 season.

 

The Pittsburgh St. Louis games on Monday through Wednesday are cancelled.

 

Next scheduled games: two games St. Louis at Detroit on Thursday. By then the Cards will have played a baseball game in two weeks

Edited August 9, 2020 by WilliamM

[+ WilliamM]

Yikes

 

The Cardinals may play their first game since July, two games with the Chicago White Sox today

 

The Cincinnati Reds have a player who tested positive for COVID19

[marylander1940]

The baseball season cannot take many more cancellations.

 

Then they should figure it out a way to have no more players testing positive.

[+ Lucky]

Then they should figure it out a way to have no more players testing positive.

Gosh, why limit that to just baseball?

[marylander1940]

Gosh, why limit that to just baseball?

 

Great point!

 

But it's a thread about baseball, isn't it? ?

[+ WilliamM]

Then they should figure it out a way to have no more players testing positive.

 

Too many games, too many players

[+ Lucky]

My interest in the baseball season mirrors the interest here. With the top three Yankee players out due to injuries, the incentive to watch diminishes. Plus the Yankee announcers are so full of themselves.

[+ Lucky]

I have been trying to leave space for @wklukas to post in this thread, but since has yet to do so, may I take this moment to lament that the Mets-Yankees Subway Series this weekend is in jeopardy? Coronavirus has hit the Mets, and tonight's game has been postponed. Now I will have to spend more time here than watching the game.

[+ WilliamM]

St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina played his first game last night after covid19. So it is possible for some players. (He got several hits against the Reds).

Edited August 21, 2020 by WilliamM