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Mr. Ed -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/26/2020 9:38:28 PM)

Astros ace and reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander has been diagnosed with a forearm strain and has been shut down, reports Bob Nightengale of USA Today. An MRI yesterday revealed the strain. Manager Dusty Baker told reporters that Verlander will be shut down “for a couple of weeks” before he is re-evaluated.

Verlander started the Astros’ season opener on Friday and notched his first win of 2020, throwing six innings of two-run baseball, allowing just three hits and striking out seven. In that start against the Mariners, Verlander’s fastball averaged 94.9 mph and reached as high as 96.7, according to Statcast. Last year, his average fastball velocity was 94.6 mph. He threw 73 pitches, but there weren’t any outward signs that the 37-year-old suffered an injury. Per Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle, Verlander later told the Astros that his right arm was “tender” during Friday’s game.

He was scheduled to make his next start on Wednesday against the Dodgers. As of now, Baker and the Astros haven’t decided who will replace Verlander on the bump.

Verlander had already encountered his fair share of health troubles during the spring, with a lat strain and right groin surgery forcing him to rehab during the season’s coronavirus-necessitated delay, but he recovered well and was a full go in Spring Training 2.0.



SoMnFan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 7:29:00 AM)

I wasn't sure about the new extra-inning rule where you start-a-guy-on-2nd-base
But now that Cleveland is all pissed about it, I'm all in. [:D]



Mr. Ed -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 7:44:09 AM)

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

I wasn't sure about the new extra-inning rule where you start-a-guy-on-2nd-base
But now that Cleveland is all pissed about it, I'm all in. [:D]



Especially it was Clevinger all mad.

Pretty simple formula.

Get a bunt down, hit a sac fly. You're up or win if you hold the other guys.


At the softball Nationals, game I saw had international rules.

bunt, bad throw, run scored.

And the other team wilted. Gave up 5 more.

Bottom of the inning, same thing. They almost came back, losing 12-9



Mr. Ed -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 8:52:32 AM)

Per ESPN

Marlins have called off their home opener tonight. Covid outbreak on the team.

Which of course, affects wayyy more than just tonight, one would think.



SoMnFan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 8:53:58 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

Per ESPN

Marlins have called off their home opener tonight. Covid outbreak on the team.

Which of course, affects wayyy more than just tonight, one would think.

Yikesssssssssssssssssssss



Bill Jandro -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 9:26:52 AM)

Just heard 12 players and 2 coaches now have it.

Only takes one careless idiot and baseball could be shut down



TJSweens -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 9:29:56 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

Astros ace and reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander has been diagnosed with a forearm strain and has been shut down, reports Bob Nightengale of USA Today. An MRI yesterday revealed the strain. Manager Dusty Baker told reporters that Verlander will be shut down “for a couple of weeks” before he is re-evaluated.

Verlander started the Astros’ season opener on Friday and notched his first win of 2020, throwing six innings of two-run baseball, allowing just three hits and striking out seven. In that start against the Mariners, Verlander’s fastball averaged 94.9 mph and reached as high as 96.7, according to Statcast. Last year, his average fastball velocity was 94.6 mph. He threw 73 pitches, but there weren’t any outward signs that the 37-year-old suffered an injury. Per Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle, Verlander later told the Astros that his right arm was “tender” during Friday’s game.

He was scheduled to make his next start on Wednesday against the Dodgers. As of now, Baker and the Astros haven’t decided who will replace Verlander on the bump.

Verlander had already encountered his fair share of health troubles during the spring, with a lat strain and right groin surgery forcing him to rehab during the season’s coronavirus-necessitated delay, but he recovered well and was a full go in Spring Training 2.0.

You really gotta feel bad for the guy. First he has ride out covid-19 by being cooped up with Kate Upton and now this. Poor miserable SOB.



ronhextall -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 9:56:57 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

Just heard 12 players and 2 coaches now have it.

Only takes one careless idiot and baseball could be shut down


They need to isolate those that have it and call up minor league players to replace them. If that isn't possible they should forfeit the games.

Personal responsibility has to become the new normal.

No way would it have exploded this bad, this quick, if they all were wearing masks and keeping their distance in the clubhouse and out in public.

Sucks but until there is a vaccine, this is part of everybody's life and so are the consequences.



David Levine -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 10:13:50 AM)

The future of the shortened 2020 MLB season is already under threat, and it’s been one weekend. On Monday the league cancelled the Miami Marlins’ scheduled home opener against the Baltimore Orioles after the sources revealed the Marlins had 10 more positive Covid-19 tests inside the organization, adding to the four who already tested positive ahead of the team’s series against the Phillies.

There were already signs of a breakout on the Marlins heading into Sunday’s game against the Phillies and the two teams played anyway. Now, there is a giant snowball effect. Not only are there all of these positive cases on the Marlins, but we are awaiting to see how this has affected the Phillies. Plus, as Alex Speier pointed out, this has also put hotel staffers where the Marlins were staying in jeopardy. On top of that, the Yankees are scheduled to head to Philadelphia tonight to start a series. That must be postponed.



TJSweens -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 10:19:28 AM)

Two games in and we have a dozen players testing positive in addition to the 30+ who showed up to their camps testing positive. I wonder what the count has to reach before they just pull the plug.



Mr. Ed -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 10:25:25 AM)

Yankees/Phils postponed tonight as well.


If that many tested positive....Where? when?

What is the turn-around for the virus testing in MLB?
Did someone get it Thursday/test positive Saturday? How long have some of them been "positive" and they didn't get tested?

There's no way they test these guys every day.



SoMnFan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 10:25:32 AM)

Just can't see the contact sports surviving this, for sure.
Hockey, basketball, football, just can't see it, until we have a vaccine.



bstinger -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 10:48:22 AM)

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Just can't see the contact sports surviving this, for sure.
Hockey, basketball, football, just can't see it, until we have a vaccine.

Nope.

The nation really needs to go on another 3 week shutdown. Masks for everyone. Only crucial activities, to get this under control, and everyone needs to participate. Sucks we couldn't do it right the first time.



ronhextall -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 12:18:16 PM)

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ORIGINAL: bstinger

quote:

ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Just can't see the contact sports surviving this, for sure.
Hockey, basketball, football, just can't see it, until we have a vaccine.

Nope.

The nation really needs to go on another 3 week shutdown. Masks for everyone. Only crucial activities, to get this under control, and everyone needs to participate. Sucks we couldn't do it right the first time.


wont do any good as long as the list of exempted businesses is 6 miles long.

If you are a supplier of a medical or food industry you stayed open. If you printed sales ads for a grocery store chain you were labeled essential and allowed to stay open. Some states had ice cream parlors "essential" because it was the food industry.



David Levine -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 12:21:33 PM)

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

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ORIGINAL: bstinger

quote:

ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Just can't see the contact sports surviving this, for sure.
Hockey, basketball, football, just can't see it, until we have a vaccine.

Nope.

The nation really needs to go on another 3 week shutdown. Masks for everyone. Only crucial activities, to get this under control, and everyone needs to participate. Sucks we couldn't do it right the first time.


wont do any good as long as the list of exempted businesses is 6 miles long.

If you are a supplier of a medical or food industry you stayed open. If you printed sales ads for a grocery store chain you were labeled essential and allowed to stay open. Some states had ice cream parlors "essential" because it was the food industry.


Right.

If we continue to half-ass the pandemic as a country, we're pretty much done for until a viable vaccine is available to all.



ronhextall -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 12:34:31 PM)

Trump will also play the card of "See, the fear porn cancelled all your sports, destroyed your colleges, and nuked the economy".

If there is no vaccine ever, life will have to go on at some point. Everybody will have their tipping point.



Mr. Ed -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 12:41:05 PM)

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

Trump will also play the card of "See, the fear porn cancelled all your sports, destroyed your colleges, and nuked the economy".

If there is no vaccine every, life will have to go on at some point. Everybody will have their tipping point.



Some don't want to. Nearly everyone has had a hand in creating the anxiety/fear out there.

Intentional or not



Mark Anderson -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 12:59:18 PM)

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

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ORIGINAL: bstinger

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Just can't see the contact sports surviving this, for sure.
Hockey, basketball, football, just can't see it, until we have a vaccine.

Nope.

The nation really needs to go on another 3 week shutdown. Masks for everyone. Only crucial activities, to get this under control, and everyone needs to participate. Sucks we couldn't do it right the first time.


wont do any good as long as the list of exempted businesses is 6 miles long.

If you are a supplier of a medical or food industry you stayed open. If you printed sales ads for a grocery store chain you were labeled essential and allowed to stay open. Some states had ice cream parlors "essential" because it was the food industry.


Right.

If we continue to half-ass the pandemic as a country, we're pretty much done for until a viable vaccine is available to all.

There is no way to get an accurate count on this but what is worse for the life and health of this country?

Another Great Recession or the death count we have.

Do we half ass it and not go completely under economically(knowing that a vaccine will be here shortly after election)? It's a tough call.



Ricky J -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 12:59:31 PM)

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

Two games in and we have a dozen players testing positive in addition to the 30+ who showed up to their camps testing positive. I wonder what the count has to reach before they just pull the plug.


August is just days away. Time to start school soon. Hang on!



Mark Anderson -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 1:01:55 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

Two games in and we have a dozen players testing positive in addition to the 30+ who showed up to their camps testing positive. I wonder what the count has to reach before they just pull the plug.


August is just days away. Time to start school soon. Hang on!

Our community just sent in a survey(on school). It will interesting to see what the results are. A couple more positive tests have came in the last week(we were at 2 total in our county)



Ricky J -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 1:02:31 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: ronhextall

quote:

ORIGINAL: bstinger

quote:

ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Just can't see the contact sports surviving this, for sure.
Hockey, basketball, football, just can't see it, until we have a vaccine.

Nope.

The nation really needs to go on another 3 week shutdown. Masks for everyone. Only crucial activities, to get this under control, and everyone needs to participate. Sucks we couldn't do it right the first time.


wont do any good as long as the list of exempted businesses is 6 miles long.

If you are a supplier of a medical or food industry you stayed open. If you printed sales ads for a grocery store chain you were labeled essential and allowed to stay open. Some states had ice cream parlors "essential" because it was the food industry.


Right.

If we continue to half-ass the pandemic as a country, we're pretty much done for until a viable vaccine is available to all.

There is no way to get an accurate count on this but what is worse for the life and health of this country?

Another Great Recession or the death count we have.

Do we half ass it and not go completely under economically(knowing that a vaccine will be here shortly after election)? It's a tough call.


That's a very interesting take. As one who's mostly been hiding under a rock I never gave that a thought - so sad if true



Mark Anderson -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 1:07:17 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson

quote:

ORIGINAL: David Levine

quote:

ORIGINAL: ronhextall

quote:

ORIGINAL: bstinger

quote:

ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Just can't see the contact sports surviving this, for sure.
Hockey, basketball, football, just can't see it, until we have a vaccine.

Nope.

The nation really needs to go on another 3 week shutdown. Masks for everyone. Only crucial activities, to get this under control, and everyone needs to participate. Sucks we couldn't do it right the first time.


wont do any good as long as the list of exempted businesses is 6 miles long.

If you are a supplier of a medical or food industry you stayed open. If you printed sales ads for a grocery store chain you were labeled essential and allowed to stay open. Some states had ice cream parlors "essential" because it was the food industry.


Right.

If we continue to half-ass the pandemic as a country, we're pretty much done for until a viable vaccine is available to all.

There is no way to get an accurate count on this but what is worse for the life and health of this country?

Another Great Recession or the death count we have.

Do we half ass it and not go completely under economically(knowing that a vaccine will be here shortly after election)? It's a tough call.


That's a very interesting take. As one who's mostly been hiding under a rock I never gave that a thought - so sad if true

It's like the school situation.

Experts say that abuse is going unreported, kids are going hungry if not for school lunch.

But, what if a teacher or janitor or administrator dies from Covid during a school year.



kgdabom -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 3:21:21 PM)

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

Astros ace and reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander has been diagnosed with a forearm strain and has been shut down, reports Bob Nightengale of USA Today. An MRI yesterday revealed the strain. Manager Dusty Baker told reporters that Verlander will be shut down “for a couple of weeks” before he is re-evaluated.

Verlander started the Astros’ season opener on Friday and notched his first win of 2020, throwing six innings of two-run baseball, allowing just three hits and striking out seven. In that start against the Mariners, Verlander’s fastball averaged 94.9 mph and reached as high as 96.7, according to Statcast. Last year, his average fastball velocity was 94.6 mph. He threw 73 pitches, but there weren’t any outward signs that the 37-year-old suffered an injury. Per Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle, Verlander later told the Astros that his right arm was “tender” during Friday’s game.

He was scheduled to make his next start on Wednesday against the Dodgers. As of now, Baker and the Astros haven’t decided who will replace Verlander on the bump.

Verlander had already encountered his fair share of health troubles during the spring, with a lat strain and right groin surgery forcing him to rehab during the season’s coronavirus-necessitated delay, but he recovered well and was a full go in Spring Training 2.0.

You really gotta feel bad for the guy. First he has ride out covid-19 by being cooped up with Kate Upton and now this. Poor miserable SOB.

If I was in Verlander's situation I think I would have retired already and devoted my time to spending my money and banging Kate. That's what makes these professional athletes different from me. They have that competitive edge that just doesn't quit.



TJSweens -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/27/2020 3:41:14 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Ricky J

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ORIGINAL: TJSweens

Two games in and we have a dozen players testing positive in addition to the 30+ who showed up to their camps testing positive. I wonder what the count has to reach before they just pull the plug.


August is just days away. Time to start school soon. Hang on!

Well, Betsy DeVos says kids are like covid-19 buffers. Maybe we should all walk around with a school kid strapped to our backs. That will kill off the virus in no time.



SoMnFan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (7/28/2020 2:01:04 PM)

Marlins infected number up to 17 now



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