2020 MLB Running Thread

Close your eyes and imagine Weaver or Lasorda putting on a mask before going berserk.

 

Or Billy Martin putting a mask before going ape shit on Bert Campaneris.

 

Or maybe not. "A couple of weeks," the manager says after the game. As of 6:39 pm Eastern, the Chronicle story hadn't been updated since 4:22 pm. Yikes.
Justin Verlander: Astros ace injured, out with forearm strain

 

Baseball can't make it through the first weekend without a potential crisis. Typical for the sport and for 2020.
So here's my question: If a team is effectively shut down -- and we don't know if that's the deal with the Marlins yet -- do they forfeit games, thereby delivering a win to the scheduled opponent? Or are the games simply treated like rainouts that never get made up?

 

Very funny little story and delivery. Should've been a 100% vote.

 

Al Simmons, Tris Speaker and Ty Cobb cut-out. Amazing

 

There is going to be a magnificent Neil Leiferesque book of photographs like this ... at least I hope there is.

 

Considering the manager, I might not exactly trust his expertise on pitching injuries

 

EDIT: AP is reporting the Marlins have postponed their trip home tonight for fear of virus outbreak. The house of cards is getting more unsteady.

Marlins delay return trip home, fearing COVID-19 outbreak

 

They finally found a market for those giant teddy bears from Costco. But elephants?

I wonder if there’s a warehouse filled with giant Cthulhu plushes that could be deployed at a major league park.

 

The blogger who was being torched for reporting something he’d learned via a text message doesn’t look so bad anymore.

 

Who is worse: The Mets or the ESPN not-on-location announcing crew?