Will There Be a 2020 Season?

[Soxbadger]

16 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

If any team knows how to handle 8k a game, its the White Sox.

Sox are going to lead the league in attendance. 

[Squirmin' for Yermin]

I'll take anyone's tickets that are too worried/scared to go!!!

[Chisoxfn]

52 minutes ago, hogan873 said:

I think it would be great if fans can attend Sox games this year.  I don't think I would go to a game.  Partially due to the risk, but more so because of logistics.  I can't imagine it would be as enjoyable as it should be.

I don't know - if you clean the stadium and just have fans super spread out across the whole stadium, it seems super feasible. The hard part is probably the inefficiency of the concession stands (since you literally are using the entire ballpark to cater to 8K fans. You also presumably would need to be pretty strict in terms of people actually staying in their assigned seats, etc.  

In some ways, it might be awesome, because you have massive amount of space to yourself vs. being crammed at a game. While crowded/sell out games are fun because of the crowd noise, I also very much enjoy being able to go to a ballgame and be able to spread out and not be super crammed/packed in.  

[hogan873]

47 minutes ago, Chisoxfn said:

I don't know - if you clean the stadium and just have fans super spread out across the whole stadium, it seems super feasible. The hard part is probably the inefficiency of the concession stands (since you literally are using the entire ballpark to cater to 8K fans. You also presumably would need to be pretty strict in terms of people actually staying in their assigned seats, etc.  

In some ways, it might be awesome, because you have massive amount of space to yourself vs. being crammed at a game. While crowded/sell out games are fun because of the crowd noise, I also very much enjoy being able to go to a ballgame and be able to spread out and not be super crammed/packed in.  

Good point.  I would think they'd have to spread out how fans enter the park.  Probably have to have assigned gates and maybe even times for entry.

[Dick Allen]

1 hour ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

It's not going to go away.  People who refuse to do anything before a vaccine may have a loooooong boring life ahead.. It could be YEARS for one.

I will relax when it isn’t such a threat, and that may be without a vaccine. But I will not put myself in situations just asking for it, even though I don’t have any of the underlying conditions that are said to make the symptoms worse,  and I also have type O blood which some studies say help the cause. 

[DirtySox]

 

[turnin' two]

I would certainly go to a game this year.  Make masks mandatory, Easy enough to distance with how seats are sold, and it would be outdoors.  Seems like it would be low enough risk for me to participate. 

[caulfield12]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29334714/what-mlb-owners-need-hear-rob-manfred-save-baseball

[soxfan49]

wHeN aNd WhErE

[DirtySox]

 

[ScootsMcGoots]

What a colossal nightmare. I'm not even excited for this. Maybe I will as it gets closer, but this just means more waiting. 

[DirtySox]

A job well done to all involved.

[DirtySox]

 

[chitownsportsfan]

FUCK YOU BASEBALL

[Squirmin' for Yermin]

1 hour ago, Chisoxfn said:

I don't know - if you clean the stadium and just have fans super spread out across the whole stadium, it seems super feasible. The hard part is probably the inefficiency of the concession stands (since you literally are using the entire ballpark to cater to 8K fans. You also presumably would need to be pretty strict in terms of people actually staying in their assigned seats, etc.  

In some ways, it might be awesome, because you have massive amount of space to yourself vs. being crammed at a game. While crowded/sell out games are fun because of the crowd noise, I also very much enjoy being able to go to a ballgame and be able to spread out and not be super crammed/packed in.  

Shut down concessions. 

[soxfan49]

Remember when Jon Heyman said there was an agreement? What a giant dope. If I was him I'd pack it in. That's incredibly embarrassing.

[Squirmin' for Yermin]

Screw the players.. Screw the owners... BOTH fucked the fans. 

[Harold's Leg Lift]

2 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

 

They've been arguing the next cba for weeks now. A grievance hanging over the owners head will be huge.  Tons of pressure on Manfred on how many games he states.

[timbo8]

 

[maxjusttyped]

MLB likely could have had expanded playoffs, a universal DH, and no grievance from the MLBPA if they were willing to go 5 extra games. I will never understand why they couldn't have met in the middle after the MLBPA's latest proposal and been done with it.

[DirtySox]

 

[SoCalChiSox]

6 minutes ago, Tony said:

Manfred got what he wanted. Drag this out until there was no more time, they win. 
 

Ahh but they didn't win. Now they have a potentialbillion dollar grievance hanging over their heads, the loss of millions to the owners in expanded playoffs money all for the savings associated with 8-12 games.

[SoCalChiSox]

3 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

 

So the union wins big. They still get 60 games (not 48) plus keep their grievance rights and deny owners the most profitable part of the earlier bargain which is the playoff expansion. 

[caulfield12]

1. Say it ain't so Joe, please say it ain't so
2. That's not what I want to hear Joe
3. Ain't I got a right to know
4. Say it ain't so Joe, please say it ain't so
5. I'm sure they're telling us lies Joe
6. Please tell us it ain't so
7. They told us our hero has played his trump card
8. He doesn't know how to go on
9. We're clinging to his charm and determined smile
10. But the good old days are gone
11. The image and the empire may be falling apart
12. The money has gotten scarce
13. One man's word held the country together
14. But the truth is getting fierce
15. Say it ain't so Joe, please say it ain't so
16. We pinned our hopes on you Joe
17. And they're ruining our show

 

Murray Head (1975)

[Harold's Leg Lift]

1 minute ago, SoCalChiSox said:

So the union wins big. They still get 60 games (not 48) plus keep their grievance rights and deny owners the most profitable part of the earlier bargain which is the playoff expansion. 

Yep.  Players called their bluff.