After weeks and weeks of back-and-forth, it looks like there will be baseball. Both sides were able to come to an agreement and a re-modified 2020 baseball season is underway. What’s this new season going to look like? Will all the players return? When will the first pitch be on …
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 »Long Gone Summer: Reflecting on McGwire/Sosa Home Run Chase of 1998
Two ferocious sluggers battling it out in the baseball record books. A storied season highlighted by roaring round-trippers, later tainted by the presence of performance-enhancing drugs. This is the scene painted by ESPN’s newest 30 for 30: “Long Gone Summer,” which premiered on Sunday. While baseball is on hiatus, fans …
Read More »MLB and Players Union Continuing Talks
There continues to be ongoing questions surrounding whether a baseball season will be played in 2020. Major League Baseball and the MLB Player’s Association have been in constant back-and-forth discussions for the last several weeks trying to come up with some sort of agreement to return to action. And still, …
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 …
Read More »Rays Back to Practicing at the Trop
While Major League Baseball inches toward a return to action, the Tampa Bay Rays took a small step in the right direction. On Monday, the Rays held limited workouts at Tropicana Field, with 14 players participating. “It was good to see some smiling faces,” said Rays manager Kevin Cash. Outfielder Austin …
Read More »MLB Aiming to Return to Play in July
The country slowly beginning to get back to some sort of normalcy. However, questions remain on when sports might possibly make a return. On Monday, the MLB came out with some news that may give baseball fans some much-needed hope. According to an article by ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan, …
Read More »Former Gator David Ross Talks MLB Season Hopes as New Cubs Manager
On October 24, 2019, the Chicago Cubs hired former Florida Gator David Ross as their manager. Ross replaced skipper Joe Maddon and signed him to a three-year contract. Hopes for a Return to the Diamond Ross’s first year taking on a managerial role has come to a halt due to …
Read More »Alex Rodriguez has Ideas on How to Play Out the 2020 MLB season
As of about three weeks ago, the 2020 MLB season was set for its March 26th Opening Day until COVID-19 threw a wrench into that. Alex Rodriguez has thoughts on how the season could play out, if or when it gets underway. Despite the current chaos, the sports discussion world …
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