Why not 5 inning baseball?They should make the changes permanent, imo. Seven-inning baseball is the future.
Then you don't need any relief pitchers
Why not 5 inning baseball?They should make the changes permanent, imo. Seven-inning baseball is the future.
you missed the craziest parts OP, quarantining players and staff together for the whole seasonNot really sure how much of it'll go through but MLB discussing ways to make the season happen. To me, most notably, an electronic strike zone, seven innings, and no mound visits. All things that would be for the good of the game in the long run and I would like to see permanent. This really could make games under 2 hours for viewers, which would be amazing.
A lot of ideas being thrown around by a lot of the leagues, but these are pretty drastic:
via ESPN
you missed the craziest parts OP, quarantining players and staff together for the whole season
Quarantining in one location is the only solution, and Vegas is the only city the NBA is currently giving any kind of serious consideration, per an NBA source... Sending 16 teams to Las Vegas to play games in hollow arenas isn't ideal. But it could evolve into a fun, one-time event that would bring the game back and, more importantly, get the television revenue flowing. Players would likely resist the idea of decamping under one roof; LeBron James already has. But the bet is if it means the paychecks keep coming and a champion will be crowned, they will come around. Even without a team, Las Vegas has become a major NBA market. Soon, it could get even bigger.
they're gonna have to make changes if they want to play a season this year at this point. So as i think it was joe maddon said might as well go all out with changes for this season. try anything and everything to see if it works like automatic strike zones.The on-field mics are the only good idea. Everything else is just a poor attempt to push the season out of the gate.
I'd just readjust the schedule. Let's see some cold weather games in November and December.
Well I didn't think anything could kill my interest in baseball, but there it is. I'm all for robot umps but the seven inning game is a deal breaker for me. Completely alters strategy and changes it into something else. Zero interest.
If you are going 7 innings why not cut the schedule to 50 or 80 games
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If I understood OP correctly, they aren't talking about changing the game to generally be 7-innings but rather using 7-inning double headers to catch up on lost time
7-inning games aren't unheard of already (weather)
all of this is really stupid. just hold off on sports right now
Wait, 162 games per season? In what looks a six month stretch? What's this absurdity?
I mean, I knew baseball is a weird sport, but this sounds insane for a non-US guy.
The MLBPA doesn't represent minor league players, but I agree that they likely can't afford to go unpaid. It brings up another question though -- how is this going to work unless they get all the minor league affiliates on board?
all of this is really stupid. just hold off on sports right now
Wait, 162 games per season? In what looks a six month stretch? What's this absurdity?
I mean, I knew baseball is a weird sport, but this sounds insane for a non-US guy.
those ppl should be getting paid regardless because these are billion dollar organizations with deep-pocketed owners and players. fuck all of this. maintaining health is of most importance and not wasting resources ensuring millionaires don't get sick. fuck this shit and i miss sports more than anyone.Completely disagree, if they can restart an entire industry it's a good thing. A lot of people missing paychecks right now because sports aren't being played from the multi-millionaire all-stars all the way through the guy that rakes the field and paints the lines.
Agree.Seven innings is terrible. Just play fewer games a day. The season is already going to be shortened.
I never heard about it and I actually used to enjoy watching MILL at times back in the day. Whatever NBC threw at it was a pittance compared to any sort of thing in MLB could/would do. An absolute drop in the ocean.I think the differences in the two sports do play a role, but it wasn't funding. The PLL was really well funded and NBC threw a ton of production value at it.
There's already a lot of pent up demand for live professional sports. I think all of these ideas would be great in general to bring more people to baseball, but what do you do when one player gets the virus and the whole team needs to be quarantined during the season?
Sure dollar for dollar, what NBC did for the PLL was peanuts, but they did enough that it was a professional production (unlike what MLL put out.) They have last season up on NBC Gold for free right now apparently, so you could check it out. I'd recommend the Whipsnakes v Atlas game in Baltimore. Oh... and the PLL hasn't postponed/cancelled their 2020 season yet, they're still selling tickets for their May 29th opener in Boston.I never heard about it and I actually used to enjoy watching MILL at times back in the day. Whatever NBC threw at it was a pittance compared to any sort of thing in MLB could/would do. An absolute drop in the ocean.
This is the million dollar question and really the reason why any plan to begin playing sports again is dumb.
They'll probably have to test everyone for the virus after every double header which is like 60-70 people? What happens when you actually get the virus and recover and have the antibodies and then you'll always test positive?
There are sports that work but they're not going to be team sports. Golf, tennis, and a lot of other individual sports should be more than fine if played without crowds.
If they tested frequently (i.e. before each game on a daily basis), I could see that player being detected almost immediately and would then follow the normal protocol of two-week self-quarantine and be good-to-go after that. I don't think you'd need to test them anymore after that point. The science of getting it twice seems spotty at best and a very low risk in the scheme of things.
The problems with baseball arent the game and i dont know why the league doesnt understand this.
That's a good question, I'm not sure myself and a quick google search didn't seem to have a clear answer how soon post-infection that testing would return a positive result. I agree it would need to be pre-contagious to be effective.So we have a good idea about when people show positive for the virus? Is it immediately after contracting, or is there a delay?
If it's not detectable until sometime after infection, once you realize one player has it, the entire team is at risk
I'm for this. Just have them play MLB The Show (or whatever the popular one is). If the players suck at it, then that just makes it all the more entertaining.If you're going to add video-game-type rules to the game, might as well just have them play the video game for now.
I'm for this. Just have them play MLB The Show (or whatever the popular one is). If the players suck at it, then that just makes it all the more entertaining.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Oh god, no. The USL is having their teams play 1-v-1 Rocket League and some of the games are just painful to watch.I'm for this. Just have them play MLB The Show (or whatever the popular one is). If the players suck at it, then that just makes it all the more entertaining.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.