OldSchoolSnapper

Everyone's favorite ump, Angel Hernandez, casually said "See you in June" to reporters after the suspension announcement.

I actually don't think it will. I think part of the plan was always eating a substantial loss in Year 1, something they did not plan for the first time. At least now there is no continued expense in producing the games. I think they will try again.

You actually have to be sick and/or be a high-risk person and have doctor's orders not to travel. Or be hospitalized, have a funeral for an immediate family member, be ordered by your employer not to travel, etc. You have to be legitimately unable to travel. Travel insurance doesn't cover fear, and that's what this is right now - fear. If proper precautions are taken and you are a low risk person (relatively young, healthy, no underlying health conditions), the risk to you is low and the effects of the virus are minimal. As others have said, the risk isn't to most people, it's spreading it to the small population of high-risk people. I disagree with this a lot. I have a really high threshold for bowing to this sort of thing. I've traveled despite warnings through numerous situations like this and "terror alerts" a few summers ago when people were abandoning Europe at a feverish pace. Yes, it's unlikely that a member of the low-risk population will die but that doesn't say anything about the 70 year old on your flight, the numerous people you come in contact with, or the fact that once you come back home your kids go back to school, and you go back to work, and you spread this thing like wildfire. That you can carry it for weeks and never experience real symptoms is pretty scary. This will sound harsh, but I believe that right now, until we know more about this thing, traveling is really selfish and irresponsible. I'm bummed my spring break vacation is over but I am risking exposing local schools to this needlessly. The airlines are bending a lot of their policies to issue refunds and waive fees. There are two sides of stupidity here; those buying 16 packs of Charmin and those pretending this isn't serious - not that you were doing that. Edit: So maybe we don't really disagree, but I think there's more to this than just fear.

At some point they'd have to scrap the season. If this is still roaring in June and you have to factor in a whole new ST it just becomes impossible logistically. It could just be a totally bizarre year.

I don't see why this wouldn't happen. Everyone that had a ticket will probably still have one and probably will be given a chance to swap it out for another or have it refunded.

I have a flight on American 3/23, returning 3/30. I'm 98% sure I'm not going regardless. It was a web special purchased with miles, so I'm praying for an announcement between now and then they will waive the reinstatement on the miles. Otherwise, I'll just be eating it, which sucks. 4 people RT on miles is a lot of miles.

UW-Whitewater shuttered. My work sent mass communication requiring everyone to have their VPN access verified. I suspect this will explode locally the next couple of days.

You are correct that that is unproven and shouldn't be stated as fact, but they are definitely trying to buy time in the hopes that that helps. It has spread in places that don't really have seasonal weather though.

Well, I got my early renewal incentive in the mail yesterday, so if they do cancel the season I'll get a refund and a new sweatshirt!

I think this has progressed beyond what owners want. Is there honestly any chance right now that MLB teams are playing opening day in their home stadiums?

I mean, the stuff he did was more damaging to public perception of the virus than anything. If he spread it to others, probably had more to do rubbing sweaty flesh with them every day in practice than anything he did in front of the camera.

I happened to be in FL during the opening week. Would be kind of funny if I still end up going and the Brewers are down there for some reason although I'm sure they'd probably be in AZ. I'm nervous now though and my threshold for this stuff is pretty high. If the airlines came out and grounded our flight I wouldn't exactly be devastated.

Sounds like the Jazz roster has it.

There's no way that only that one player had or has it. No choice at all. Here's my question though - they've said nothing but season suspended, why is everyone jumping immediately to the season is over? There's a lot we don't know. They could carry it on without fans in Alaska or something, resume in 2 months, push back the start of next year, or resume the next season where things left off. I know there's loads of red tape there and contracts etc., but do we actually know the season is "cancelled"? I ask that with full understanding of all the issues here, the toothpaste is out of the tube and all, and the virus shows no signs of stopping soon.

I called this two weeks ago. I thought of this post as soon as I heard the news.

Definitely can as I picked all of them.

Davis has a crazy good jumper for a big guy. Killed us with that numerous times.

$25 million to one guy in 2027 should not prevent the Brewers from fielding a competitive team and if it has they haven't done a better job of drafting and developing which they have to be better at than they've been historically anyway. Some years will probably not look great for any number of reasons but if there is a talent pipeline, which too often there hasn't been, this contract won't kill them.

I agree. Roughly $24 million/year for the next nine years. Yelich must really like Milwaukee, because if he would have played out his contract and got to free agency after 2022, there is no way he isn't a $30+ million/year player. He would be but the Brewers just ate three years. 3 years where you can regress, get hurt, economics can be crappy for you. It's about where I thought such a deal would be, I just never thought he'd sign it. I think the age he would have been at FA made this easier for him to do it.

I would argue that it never should have begun. It should stop immediately ... but it won't. I have been defending Attanasio at every corner. Basically he just took money that he could've paid other good players for the next 3 seasons and gave it to Yelich. And then he took more money and earmarked it to Yelich when he's age 37 or 38. Cheap? No. Smart? Ehhhhh. This is just a fallacy. It's a huge assumption that every dollar can be flipped to "other good players." Some contracts work, some don't. There's sizable risk with the kind of player in FA that would placate people enough to be OK with not spending on Yelich. You'd be exchanging the risk of this long-term deal for another risk. It's no guarantee at all that by hoarding pennies here they're better off in 5 years. Not even close to one.

Did you want to keep Christian Yelich here or not? If so, what were you expecting, him to sign a 9-year deal where he makes $10 million in 2027? Mark A is cheap until he spends $300 million on an all-time talent, then it's too much money to be able to win in 2026. Can we make up our minds at least?

Can't get out of page 1 before someone hates it but that's OK. Even if you hate it, still a milestone for the team and a precedent that they can feasibly keep players like this.

Absolutely never expected this.

If you haven't been there in a long time prepare to be shocked because the area is unrecognizable in a good way. Punch Bowl Social and the Mecca Bar are very nice and out the front door. The food inside Fiserv is also quite good and not THAT badly priced. The drinks are insane, however. My pick would be Mecca. I was downtown with my kids for St Paddy's last year, can't remember why but I was there for the actual crawl. The worst that will happen is some drunk soliciting high-fives from your kids.

When you lose ~10 games all year and 3 are to the same team it's reasonable to think there is an unfavorable matchup. For now I think it's more coincidence than anything but yes, I will be concerned if they lose a 3rd, two at home to a team that is already pretty good anyway.