Excellent recap of all the new rules and procedures

[REDREAD]

Dumb question, but suppose there is a runner on first.
If the players have to stay 6 feet away from each other, how are pick off throws going to work? How is the player even allowed to stand on first base and be held?

[westofyou]

Dumb question, but suppose there is a runner on first.
If the players have to stay 6 feet away from each other, how are pick off throws going to work? How is the player even allowed to stand on first base and be held?

Watch some KBO baseball, you'll get a sense of how it's handled. There is no social distancing per se, coaches and umps wear masks, but all are tested daily so they have that going for them

[DocRed]

Dumb question, but suppose there is a runner on first.
If the players have to stay 6 feet away from each other, how are pick off throws going to work? How is the player even allowed to stand on first base and be held?

I don't think that's part of the precautions.

[mth123]

Perfect games are rare. But this situation points out the ridiculousness of this rule. A bunt and a fly ball score a player who didn’t earn his way on, and to win a game?!? That seems basically against the premise of the entire game. If they want to try a version of the rule in the MLB, start the runner at first so, in most situations a ball in play that isn’t an out will be needed to win the game.

I hate the rule, but the risk of losing a perfect game because of it is nil. In the new mamby, pamby baseball world, even a guy with a perfect game gets taken out after the 6th so he doesn't have to face guys the third time through the order. Teams would rather use the crappy AAAA reliever who pitches the middle innings instead.

[DocRed]

Interesting I found this on MLB.com and hadn't seen it mentioned before, "Players and other team personnel not participating in the game will be sitting in the stands, at least six feet apart."

https://www.mlb.com/news/faq-for-2020-baseball-season

Also." A ball will be thrown out once it has been touched by multiple players." Umm...that's like every pitch then?

[UKFlounder]

Or at least start the inning with 1 out (if you can use an automatic runner, then an automatic out should be acceptable as well. That stops the “2 Intentional outs wins a game” sc3nario

Perfect games are rare. But this situation points out the ridiculousness of this rule. A bunt and a fly ball score a player who didn’t earn his way on, and to win a game?!? That seems basically against the premise of the entire game. If they want to try a version of the rule in the MLB, start the runner at first so, in most situations a ball in play that isn’t an out will be needed to win the game.

[TNRED]

What is the thinking behind starting a runner at second? I know its to shorten the game but why?

[DocRed]

What is the thinking behind starting a runner at second? I know its to shorten the game but why?

The longer you are around a large group of people even with social distancing the higher your chance of contracting disease. I work at a hospital with active Covid cases and believe me I get the hell out of there as soon as I can.

[Wonderful Monds]

Interesting I found this on MLB.com and hadn't seen it mentioned before, "Players and other team personnel not participating in the game will be sitting in the stands, at least six feet apart."

https://www.mlb.com/news/faq-for-2020-baseball-season

Also." A ball will be thrown out once it has been touched by multiple players." Umm...that's like every pitch then?

lol I proposed that in one of the ongoing threads about this a couple months ago

[Roy Tucker]

Interesting I found this on MLB.com and hadn't seen it mentioned before, "Players and other team personnel not participating in the game will be sitting in the stands, at least six feet apart."

https://www.mlb.com/news/faq-for-2020-baseball-season

Will they be able to buy beer and nachos?

[JaxRed]

Will they be able to buy beer and nachos?

They won't be able to afford them.....

[WrongVerb]

[KronoRed]

Will they be able to buy beer and nachos?

Only if they WOO

[DocRed]

Will they be able to buy beer and nachos?

Yes, but only Corona Beer

[Old school 1983]

I hate the rule, but the risk of losing a perfect game because of it is nil. In the new mamby, pamby baseball world, even a guy with a perfect game gets taken out after the 6th so he doesn't have to face guys the third time through the order. Teams would rather use the crappy AAAA reliever who pitches the middle innings instead.

Sorry if I worded poorly. Wasn’t trying to speak to the risk of losing perfect games. Was speaking to how dumb it’d be to be able to win without getting a hit or on base otherwise.