shrader Posted July 28, 2020 Report Posted July 28, 2020 On 7/27/2020 at 10:40 PM, LawnWranglers said: Ha! Parents still live in WNY, and I detest Pats and Bruins. Does that re-qualify me? Expand Sorry, but you have no chance on this one. Quote
Eleven Posted July 28, 2020 Report Posted July 28, 2020 Four more Marlins have tested positive. Who wants to work in the team hotel when they come to Buffalo on 8/10? Quote
LawnWranglers Posted July 28, 2020 Report Posted July 28, 2020 Sounds like Nationals want no part in traveling to Miami. Pause to the season seems a given with cancellation not far behind. If a professional sports league cannot succeed, how do college sports succeed? Perhaps high school sports will work because avarice won’t drive the conversation. Quote
MattPie Posted July 28, 2020 Report Posted July 28, 2020 On 7/28/2020 at 12:44 AM, Eleven said: A fair point, but someone who does not live here is less likely to consider negative consequences. Expand Hey! ? On 7/28/2020 at 2:13 PM, New Scotland (NS) said: This is utter nonsense. Why are they doing this? It is just dumb, dumb and dumb. Expand It is. It's all money and/or trying to distract the masses from how messed up it is. The NHL is going to be worse; with baseball you have a chance that the opposing teams have minimal direct contact. 2 Quote
bob_sauve28 Posted July 28, 2020 Report Posted July 28, 2020 On 7/28/2020 at 5:01 PM, MattPie said: Hey! ? It is. It's all money and/or trying to distract the masses from how messed up it is. The NHL is going to be worse; with baseball you have a chance that the opposing teams have minimal direct contact. Expand Hockey is doing it different, though. Having the players in a bubble is safer than just letting them stay at home and hotels. Still might not be enough, but better 1 Quote
LabattBlue Posted July 28, 2020 Report Posted July 28, 2020 On 7/28/2020 at 5:51 PM, bob_sauve28 said: Hockey is doing it different, though. Having the players in a bubble is safer than just letting them stay at home and hotels. Still might not be enough, but better Expand They won’t be in a bubble for the 20-21 season, and that is when they will have the same problems as MLB and the NFL. 1 Quote
Eleven Posted July 30, 2020 Report Posted July 30, 2020 The Blue Jays series against the Phillies now has been postponed. Quote
Eleven Posted July 31, 2020 Report Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) At least one of the St. Louis Cardinals has tested positive, and their game tonight is postponed. Here's the problem: MLB doesn't require its players to self-quarantine in hotels. Even though Erie County will require teams to do that, they're already going to be traveling here with the virus. The additional publicity that Sahlen's will get from being nationally televised approximately twice (it's not like the Blue Jays get a lot of play on ESPN, is it?) isn't worth it. The restaurants that might be catering also might be forced to shut down if we have another wave. Again, not worth it. The two hotels involved will put employees at risk. Not worth it. Time to pull the plug on this. Edited July 31, 2020 by Eleven 1 2 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted August 11, 2020 Report Posted August 11, 2020 If you are inclined to watch, Tuesday's game will be on MLB Network, including in the Buffalo area. Quote
LawnWranglers Posted August 11, 2020 Report Posted August 11, 2020 (edited) Interesting to read Mike Harrington’s story about the ‘Battle of the Lakes’ exhibition at War Memorial in ‘87. Great time to be a baseball fan in WNY. Ton of Braves, Blue Jays, Yankees and Mets games were on TV. Bisons games during the last days at the Rock Pile and the first years at Pilot Field were a blast. And a Major League Baseball team in town seemed like a very real possibility. Edited August 11, 2020 by LawnWranglers Quote
LabattBlue Posted August 11, 2020 Report Posted August 11, 2020 Holy ****. The media hype over the Jays playing here(BN and the local TV stations) is ridiculous. You would have thought that they moved here permanently, not for the next 6 weeks....with no fans & no benefit to the city except for a couple hotels. Funny thing I read today...the centerfield jumbotron is too low and is a distraction to the batters. Therefore, they blacked out the bottom 15' of it. WTF designed and green lit it to begin with? LOL Quote
Eleven Posted August 11, 2020 Report Posted August 11, 2020 On 8/11/2020 at 8:35 PM, LabattBlue said: Holy ****. The media hype over the Jays playing here(BN and the local TV stations) is ridiculous. You would have thought that they moved here permanently, not for the next 6 weeks....with no fans & no benefit to the city except for a couple hotels. Funny thing I read today...the centerfield jumbotron is too low and is a distraction to the batters. Therefore, they blacked out the bottom 15' of it. WTF designed and green lit it to begin with? LOL Expand Why don't they black out the whole thing? It's not like anyone is watching it. And if it's too low, yes, that is a major design flaw. Quote
Taro T Posted August 11, 2020 Report Posted August 11, 2020 On 8/11/2020 at 12:34 AM, PromoTheRobot said: If you are inclined to watch, Tuesday's game will be on MLB Network, including in the Buffalo area. Expand Have DTV and the channel guide listing for MLBN is claiming that KC Cincy is the 6:30PM game. Hoping that's a misprint. Would like to see a game played in Buffalo, even if it is just on TV. Quote
shrader Posted August 11, 2020 Report Posted August 11, 2020 (edited) On 8/11/2020 at 8:37 PM, Eleven said: Why don't they black out the whole thing? It's not like anyone is watching it. And if it's too low, yes, that is a major design flaw. Expand Or they pamper players in the majors a little too much. Edited August 11, 2020 by shrader 1 Quote
ubkev Posted August 11, 2020 Report Posted August 11, 2020 On 8/11/2020 at 9:33 PM, shrader said: Or they pamper players in the majors a little too much. Expand It's too low. ? Quote
Andrew Amerk Posted August 12, 2020 Report Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) On 8/11/2020 at 8:53 PM, Taro T said: Have DTV and the channel guide listing for MLBN is claiming that KC Cincy is the 6:30PM game. Hoping that's a misprint. Would like to see a game played in Buffalo, even if it is just on TV. Expand Looks blacked out for me on Fubo. Which would seem strange, it’s not like I can go attend the game. Edited August 12, 2020 by Andrew Amerk Quote
In The Buff Posted August 12, 2020 Report Posted August 12, 2020 U guys who say the Jays game is on local tv. Who's ur provider, Spectrum? Verizon FIOS? Verizon guide has a totally different game scheduled, but if you disregard that & go to that channel anyways, the Jays game is on. My father wanted to watch the game & was arguing with me that the game wasn't on because he saw the guide. I told him to just humor me & check out the channel & he just called to apologize to me haha. Quote
Eleven Posted August 12, 2020 Report Posted August 12, 2020 On 8/11/2020 at 9:33 PM, shrader said: Or they pamper players in the majors a little too much. Expand Nah, hitting screens are a thing even in cricket. But really, why have it on at all? Quote
Taro T Posted August 12, 2020 Report Posted August 12, 2020 On 8/12/2020 at 12:12 AM, In The Buff said: U guys who say the Jays game is on local tv. Who's ur provider, Spectrum? Verizon FIOS? Verizon guide has a totally different game scheduled, but if you disregard that & go to that channel anyways, the Jays game is on. My father wanted to watch the game & was arguing with me that the game wasn't on because he saw the guide. I told him to just humor me & check out the channel & he just called to apologize to me haha. Expand In Ra-cha-cha MLBN has the KC Cincy game. Suppose if they ever play the Yanks in Buffalo will finally get to watch them on Yes. Quote
LawnWranglers Posted August 12, 2020 Report Posted August 12, 2020 They played the OK Blue Jays song for the seventh inning stretch of the Toronto-Miami game in Buffalo. 2020, still keeping it weird. Quote
inkman Posted August 12, 2020 Report Posted August 12, 2020 Paid $25 for the MLB package on Amazon Prime. All my Red Sox games minus the stupid Yankees games on YES and current watching the BJs. Quote
shrader Posted August 12, 2020 Report Posted August 12, 2020 On 8/11/2020 at 10:38 PM, ubkev said: It's too low. ? Expand It wasn't too low for many of these same players when they were playing in AAA. That's the part that confuses me. Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted August 12, 2020 Report Posted August 12, 2020 On 8/12/2020 at 12:12 AM, In The Buff said: U guys who say the Jays game is on local tv. Who's ur provider, Spectrum? Verizon FIOS? Verizon guide has a totally different game scheduled, but if you disregard that & go to that channel anyways, the Jays game is on. My father wanted to watch the game & was arguing with me that the game wasn't on because he saw the guide. I told him to just humor me & check out the channel & he just called to apologize to me haha. Expand This is what I went by: Quote
ubkev Posted August 12, 2020 Report Posted August 12, 2020 On 8/12/2020 at 1:47 PM, shrader said: It wasn't too low for many of these same players when they were playing in AAA. That's the part that confuses me. Expand There are lots of bad AAA parks and parks that have bad features. They have to deal with them when they're minor leaguers. They don't have to deal with it now. Quote
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