Slateman Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) Guess we gotta talk about this. What does MLB do here? Pretty obvious that fans wont be at games. Do MLB teams make enough off TV revenues to make this economically feasible? And a random idea. Earlier, Mandfred introduced a rather radical playoff format that a lot of people didnt like. Personally, I didnt like it because it made the regular season irrelevant. However, if there were fewer games, I think more playoff teams would he more palatable. Could this season, if substantially delayed, be a chance to try out an extended playoff format? Edited March 13, 2020 by Slateman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Just play it in empty stadiums and remove all blackout rules. Ratings will increase drastically since fewer people will be going out as regularly until this blows over. Cancelling games would be a drastic over-reaction in my opinion. Put every game on TV, there will be less people in the stadium than there are at my work today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelonebillsfan Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 58 minutes ago, THE DUKE said: Just play it in empty stadiums and remove all blackout rules. Ratings will increase drastically since fewer people will be going out as regularly until this blows over. Cancelling games would be a drastic over-reaction in my opinion. Put every game on TV, there will be less people in the stadium than there are at my work today. In an outdoor stadium? You still need a ton of staff to maintain and operate it. It's different suspending an indoor league to an outdoor one. But ultimately you have to do it. Everything I've heard internally is that the plan, tentatively, is to kill ST and see what options there are by Monday. All likelihood is that the season is suspended at least into May, probably into the Summer. You play like a strike year. Edited March 12, 2020 by Thelonebillsfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Just now, Thelonebillsfan said: In an outdoor stadium? You still need a ton of staff to maintain and operate it. Everything I've heard internally is that the plan, tentatively, is to kill ST and see what options there are by Monday. All likelihood is that the season is suspended at least into May, probably into the Summer. You play like a strike year. That number is drastically reduced when there are no fans. No ushers, no concessions, cleaning crew drastically reduced. There will be more people at your local Walmart than there will be at these games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animaltested Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 The MLB should just have the teams start the season in their Spring homes; no fans. Have them stay in Arizona and Florida until Late April. Most MLB's team home weather is terrible now anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanrick Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, animaltested said: The MLB should just have the teams start the season in their Spring homes; no fans. Have them stay in Arizona and Florida until Late April. Most MLB's team home weather is terrible now anyway. Hadn't thought of that and it's a really good suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 That is a great idea actually. They all have facilities and crowds aren't an issue. Biggest issue might be the players being away from home that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 just saw on tv that they're expected to shut it down for awhile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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THE DUKE Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Cut the season down to 144 games. Do teams just stay in their ST facilities in the mean time? They still have to prepare for the season. They can't just roll out of bed 4 weeks from now and start playing games. At least the pitchers can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgarrett12486 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Crazy. We're just getting started... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slateman Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 Cancelled my vacation time for opening day. This **** sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) Jeff Passan - Each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams will commit $1 million to ballpark employees who would not have been paid due to the coronavirus crisis causing the postponement of the baseball season until at least mid-May. Note - cant say what "ballpark employees" make....but if it takes 30M to cover their salaries till mid-May. I chose the wrong profession Edited March 17, 2020 by Leader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mse326 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Leader said: Jeff Passan - Each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams will commit $1 million to ballpark employees who would not have been paid due to the coronavirus crisis causing the postponement of the baseball season until at least mid-May. Note - cant say what "ballpark employees" make....but if it takes 30M to cover their salaries till mid-May. I chose the wrong profession I think you are underrating the number of ball park employees 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slateman Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 35 minutes ago, mse326 said: I think you are underrating the number of ball park employees Correct. Not just talking about concessions people, but also ticket staff, and operations folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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