2020 MLB Running Thread

It's not the child support. It's that he had two kids with a mistress while he was married. That was what caused his wife to file for divorce in 2017, when she finally found out about his side-hustle. Although in the strictest sense, I guess he was making humans.

 

Heh.

 

Freddie Freeman has never hit a grand slam. The Braves were down 7-3.

Yup.

 

Back when Halladay was still here (I’m guessing ‘08 or ‘09), they trotted out the same baby blues they wore from ‘77-88. Same shade, same rough design. I think they were only worn on Friday night home games, at least for the first bit. They scrapped them in 2011.

These ones are a little more electric, yes.

 

The handshake at the end was the best part.

 

The endless Flashback Fridays, constantly reminding fans like me how great the team used to be while they current iteration was languishing at the bottom of the AL East. I don't know what to think of these yet, not crazy about the dark blue bill on the caps, my 20-year-old loves the new unis and I guess the Jays are marketing those towards his age group, not old guys like me.

 

he kills the Nats, or at least it seems that way.

 

There were 20 games on the schedule. Is that a record?

 

According to this story, first time since Aug. 4, 1974.

Let's play ... 20! MLB has fullest schedule since 1974 | Boston.com

 

Loads of COVID postponements plus some weather makeups.

 

I do have to admit, the 7-inning doubleheader games are starting to grow on me. Action seems to move snappier -- you're getting to decision time sooner.

Essentially you're removing Innings 6-7 from your traditional nine inning game plan. If your starter can go 5, you're already to your setup man.

Plus the inter-game break is a good approximation of football halftime.

The extra inning tiebreaker runner, not really so much.