How Optimistic Are You that the Season Will Be Played? (Round 2)
April 8, 2020
Two weeks ago, I asked our readers a series of questions about what the season might look like as a means of showing our relative optimism (or pessimism) about the state of things in our country and in baseball. We are now a few more weeks down the line, so I’d like to see if your perceptions have changed. Feel free to answer the questions even if you did not participate in Round 1. The questions below mirror those asked two weeks ago. Thanks for your time.
Once I get your answers in, I will report back on how everyone is feeling, and what has or hasn’t changed since I asked in March.
Craig Edwards can be found on twitter @craigjedwards.
Empty stadiums, earlier start, more games, please!!
I think it’s painfully obvious empty stadiums are the only way we get baseball and there’s no way we’ll get games in Cali or NY this year I don’t think. Verducci on high heat suggested mlb may start in August and have teams playing fifty games, which to me is not a real season though I’d watch anyway. I am still pessimistic we’ll get a season and no season and no work makes me a dull boy.
Ugh…50 games? That isn’t worth doing
I’d much rather Mike Trout get 50 games in his prime than zero…
Why? College and high school sports, plus both professional football and soccer play shorter seasons. Many feel the NBA/NHL seasons are too long.
7 games against each team in your division is 28 games. Play 2 game series against each other team in your league and that’s 48 games. Works for me to get to postseason.
It wouldn’t be “real” but I’d be very happy to see it. And I’d view the winners more legitimately than, oh, anything pre-integration and the Trash Cans.
as for NY and CA…. it’s a lot of cases but the peaks are now or earlier. They are likely to have antibody testing before some other places. I could see an empty-stadium series or a few in both places. Not large crowds at all though.
Who are the trolls downvoting this?
There seem to be many, many trolls on this comment page. It’s rife all the way down the line.