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First Speaker

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2. I've been expecting this outcome ever since the original shutdown...

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Fri Jun 19, 2020, 10:09 PM

Jun 2020

...the notion of playing a few dozen games on "neutral" ground, with no crowds...it never seemed real to me. Just as the NFL season will probably be lost. We just have to brace ourselves and regard 2020 as a lost sports year. It's too bad, a full year out of the prime of Mike Trout and Mookie Wilson and the other great players...I hope this won't compromise anyone's road to Cooperstown. Well, Williams and DiMaggio and Musial all made it despite World War Two. But 2021--if we're playing even *then*--will be hard for everyone. Losing a season takes its toll...

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And there goes Major League Baseball for the year. [View all] RandySF Jun 2020 OP

Time to stop pretending the virus went away Yeehah Jun 2020 #1

I've been expecting this outcome ever since the original shutdown... First Speaker Jun 2020 #2

This piece of shit virus has literally taken all the fun out of life. Initech Jun 2020 #12

The NBA plan is too ambitious too Renew Deal Jun 2020 #14

College Football Already Has 50+ Cases Based Upon Scattered Reports I've Read Stallion Jun 2020 #3

Not just baseball. Bleacher Creature Jun 2020 #4

The NFL treats their players like shit. I'll be surprised if they don't force them to play. dem4decades Jun 2020 #5

Yeah. The only people the NFL treats worse than the current players are former players. Bleacher Creature Jun 2020 #8

NFL should be banned anyways based on the brain damage it causes JI7 Jun 2020 #9

And then next year, no crowds. Initech Jun 2020 #13

23 Clemson college football players. sarcasmo Jun 2020 #6

Here is a direct link to the article Gore1FL Jun 2020 #7

Eventually we'll figure out that, right this moment, the virus is in charge. herding cats Jun 2020 #10

For some reason I don't think that a "deep cleaning" of facilities is the answer... blitzen Jun 2020 #11

Yeah I've been wondering if all this extra cleaning is going to help or not. Initech Jun 2020 #15

My bank reopened its lobby this week Ex Lurker Jun 2020 #16

This is all so fucking insane. Initech Jun 2020 #17

Athletes are not immune, a shocker, Hockey players too, Tampa Bay Lightning shut their facility down Baclava Jun 2020 #18