It is a year of experimenting for baseball. Just hours before Opening Day, MLB and the MLBPA agreed to one more change. The postseason for the 2020 season will be expanded from 10 teams to 16. For now, it’s a one-time thing. This is the first expansion of the playoffs …
Read More »The Tampa Bay Rays are Ready
Last time we saw the Tampa Bay Rays in action, they went down in the ALDS in five games to the Houston Astros. Many gave the Rays credit for forcing a Game 5. This year for the Rays, that won’t cut it. It’s been 12 years now since their trip …
Read More »MLB Preview: What to Expect
The 2020 MLB season is finally back tomorrow, July 23. Baseball returns four months after its original starting date. This restart is facing a lot of new changes to their usual set-up as they adjust to the coronavirus health guidelines. One of these changes is the number of games on …
Read More »Pete Alonso is Ready to Play
While many opt-out, former Gator and Mets first baseman Pete Alonso is here to play. Last week, MLB summer camp got underway. Alonso and the Mets prepare to compete in the National League East in 2020 and get back in the postseason. There are few players as excited to get …
Read More »Baseball is Back! For Real!
One hundred and four days. Fourteen weeks. That’s how it has been since baseball was shut down. In six days, it’s back. Late Tuesday night, MLB and the player’s association finalized health-and-safety protocols, officially ending labor talks. Baseball is back! The Rays went on twitter to announce the news in …
Read More »MLB Negotiations Drag On…and on
The NBA has a plan approved to return to play. The NHL has a plan approved to return to play. The MLB… well the negotiations continue on. After the MLB Players Association flatly rejected the owners bid for a 60-game season earlier this week, there is a growing fear that …
Read More »Where are you MLB?
Another day goes by and still no decision as to when the 2020 MLB season will start. It has been nearly three months since we said a temporary goodbye to spring training, and now fans and players are growing restless waiting for a decision to be made. MLB’s new proposal …
Read More »MLB still at a standstill on when to start the season
It feels like a lifetime ago since there was baseball on our screens. Well that’s because the last game of the MLB season was in October of 2019. Opening Day was scheduled for March, but due to the outbreak of coronavirus, the season was postponed. Nearly three months have passed …
Read More »MLB players offer new proposal for a return to baseball in 2020
First, the MLB offered up its proposal for the 2020 season. Then, the players fired back. On Sunday, the Major League Baseball Players Association countered the league’s proposal with one of its own. Details of new proposal There are several differences between the two proposals. For example, the union’s proposal …
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