Brewers Opener Cancelled Tonight

Oy.

2020 sucks.

Cardinals just played the Twins.  The Twins played the Indians last night.  Round and round it goes.  The 60-game season was a nice thought and I can appreciate the effort that went into planning it, but I just can't see a way that MLB can finish it off.

Yeah, what a mess.

@Blair Kiel posted:

Oy.

2020 sucks.

2021 says hold my beer.  

Calling it, the Aztecs accidentally flipped the 1 and the 2.  2021 is the end of the world.

Shut it down. 7 inning double headers ain't gonna fix this mess. 

@Henry posted:

2021 says hold my beer.  

Calling it, the Aztecs accidentally flipped the 1 and the 2.  2021 is the end of the world.

Wait.  I thought it was the Mayans?    

The Aztecs are/is the nickname for San Diego State University.

@Henry posted:

2021 says hold my beer.  

Calling it, the Aztecs accidentally flipped the 1 and the 2.  2021 is the end of the world.

With the way things are going that wouldn't shock me one bit.  

Maybe they were dyslexic.  

Wow.  Yes.   Good catch.   It does seem like there was some dyslexia issues:

2012:     两千零一十二

 2021:    两千零二十一

 They were just  九  years off....and....their calendar was similar, too.   Weird, huh?

https://curiosmos.com/experts-...-maya-civilizations/

Scholars note that other similarities include the ancient Mayan calendar and the portion of the traditional Chinese calendar.

Yes, the Mayans.  One of those dead cultures of wizards and sages.

"Get this Hun-Hunahpu.  We'll tell them the world will end in 2012 and they'll be all relieved until 2021 hits!  Hilarious!"

"You're killin' it Ixmacane!  Always the prankster!"

Neither the Aztecs or the Mayans had it wrong.

We are just so narcissistic and think there is no way WE got it wrong. 

Good night Irene. 

@H5 posted:

Neither the Aztecs or the Mayans had it wrong.

We are just so narcissistic and think there is no way WE got it wrong. 

I recommend this show to help understand why authoritarian China and authoritarian U.S. are killing people all over the globe.

Quick summary:  We fucking suck.

@H5 posted:

Good night Irene. 

If baseball is to have any semblance of a season (doubtful at this point), they have to go into some type of bubble. One way to do it would be to isolate each of the divisions into six separate isolated bubbles and just play games against your own division. Then come up with some kind of round-robin playoff system for the six division winners. 

The NBA is so far ahead of the NFL and MLB on this stuff.  Granted, the NFL has the biggest challenge because they can't play more than once a week and compress the schedule, but MLB could have come up with more creative ways to do this. 

It’s over.

Lo Cain just announced he is sitting out rest of the season.

MLB has a storied history of fucking things up.  When I heard Marlins played were allowed to play while waiting for their test results that told me all I need to know about how inept they are. 

There’s a lag factor in all of this as well so you will have more players testing positive the next week or so.  It’s inevitable given how badly they have screwed things up. 

The bubble is the only way for sports to work but with roster sizes in baseball and football I’m not sure even that would work. 

By the way, I’m not sure MLB has a problem shutting things down anyway. 

If this is it for the year, this will end up being one of the most out of place stat lines for a healthy player in MLB history. 

071/148/220 for an OBP/SLG/OPS stat line. 

27 ABs, 1 hit, 1 home run, 3 RBIs, 1 BB, 12 Ks, 0 SB, 1 CS. 

Christian Yelich, 2020

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