Lol Rodney is terrible... but at this point we need warm bodies.

I guess Folty was a pass.

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Christ almighty WHY????

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AJ's not coming back, so who would you target instead? Not being a jerk, just asking... who you got in mind?

Who had Astros will be using Sugar Land Skeeters pitchers for their defending AL Championship team on their 2020 Bingo Card?

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Christ almighty WHY????

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AJ's not coming back, so who would you target instead? Not being a jerk, just asking... who you got in mind?

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Literally anyone....... Like anyone else with a fraction of baseball experience.

Guessing maybe with all the craziness they thought it best to keep things the same and not bother with a managerial search and the 3rd manager in 3 years

Short of Buck Showalter I thought Dusty was the worst candidate they looked at. I kind of feel like this was coming. It was never going to be just one year unless things fell totally apart. And given the short season it sounds like he gets a pass whatever happens.

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amercer said:

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Teams with more than 10% positive should just forfeit those games until they are cleared.

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Would you feel this way if this happens to the Astros?

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It would suck, but it would also make teams enforce their bubble. It's not that hard to avoid outbreaks if everyone follows the rules.

mathguy86 said:

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amercer said:

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k20dub said:

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amercer said:

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Teams with more than 10% positive should just forfeit those games until they are cleared.

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Would you feel this way if this happens to the Astros?

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It would suck, but it would also make teams enforce their bubble. It's not that hard to avoid outbreaks if everyone follows the rules.

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But there is no bubble. They travel through airports. They stay in hotels in every city but home.

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Sounds like they might want to fix that.

Marvin said:

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Christ almighty WHY????

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AJ's not coming back, so who would you target instead? Not being a jerk, just asking... who you got in mind?

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Wasn't their second choice Brad Ausmus?

With the short season, no one is going to fire managers unless something goes really wrong.

There's no one quality in the pipe. The Astros also don't seem like they are 100% ready to blow everything up again and trust a fairly rookie manager. I liked some of the candidates that they interviewed from AA and AAA but team wasn't really looking to rebuild right now. Signing Dusty for better or worse adds some stability.

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amercer said:

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amercer said:

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k20dub said:

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amercer said:

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Teams with more than 10% positive should just forfeit those games until they are cleared.

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Would you feel this way if this happens to the Astros?

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It would suck, but it would also make teams enforce their bubble. It's not that hard to avoid outbreaks if everyone follows the rules.

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But there is no bubble. They travel through airports. They stay in hotels in every city but home.

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Sounds like they might want to fix that.

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That horse done left the barn.

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I mean, yes and no right? It's 2020 I think we could probably get professional sports teams from city to city without having them walk around in airport terminals. And you only really catch it by standing next to someone who's has it for 10 minutes, so being a little more strict on distancing in hotels and in your home town would probably help.

European soccer teams worked it out somehow, without a full bubble.

Marlins won't play thru Sunday

https://www.mlb.com/news/marlins-games-postponed-orioles-to-play-yankees

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Marlins won't play thru Sunday

https://www.mlb.com/news/marlins-games-postponed-orioles-to-play-yankees

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Probably smartest move. Now it's up to the MLB to get other games in that will help that process.

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mathguy86 said:

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amercer said:

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mathguy86 said:

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amercer said:

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k20dub said:

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amercer said:

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Teams with more than 10% positive should just forfeit those games until they are cleared.

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Would you feel this way if this happens to the Astros?

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It would suck, but it would also make teams enforce their bubble. It's not that hard to avoid outbreaks if everyone follows the rules.

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But there is no bubble. They travel through airports. They stay in hotels in every city but home.

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Sounds like they might want to fix that.

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That horse done left the barn.

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I mean, yes and no right? It's 2020 I think we could probably get professional sports teams from city to city without having them walk around in airport terminals. And you only really catch it by standing next to someone who's has it for 10 minutes, so being a little more strict on distancing in hotels and in your home town would probably help.

European soccer teams worked it out somehow, without a full bubble.

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I hope MLB consulted those soccer clubs. They have professional sports leagues in Europe who have been traveling since their restart. If MLB didn't consult, hey are dumb. So, I'm guessing they didn't consult.

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amercer said:

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mathguy86 said:

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amercer said:

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amercer said:

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k20dub said:

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amercer said:

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Teams with more than 10% positive should just forfeit those games until they are cleared.

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Would you feel this way if this happens to the Astros?

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It would suck, but it would also make teams enforce their bubble. It's not that hard to avoid outbreaks if everyone follows the rules.

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But there is no bubble. They travel through airports. They stay in hotels in every city but home.

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Sounds like they might want to fix that.

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That horse done left the barn.

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I mean, yes and no right? It's 2020 I think we could probably get professional sports teams from city to city without having them walk around in airport terminals. And you only really catch it by standing next to someone who's has it for 10 minutes, so being a little more strict on distancing in hotels and in your home town would probably help.

European soccer teams worked it out somehow, without a full bubble.

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I hope MLB consulted those soccer clubs. They have professional sports leagues in Europe who have been traveling since their restart. If MLB didn't consult, hey are dumb. So, I'm guessing they didn't consult.

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Oh 90% chance they didn't consult at all

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Christ almighty WHY????

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AJ's not coming back, so who would you target instead? Not being a jerk, just asking... who you got in mind?

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Literally anyone....... Like anyone else with a fraction of baseball experience.

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I agree. Weird year, lots of drama...okay I get baker as a stop gap.

Most of our hesitations I hiring him while maybe not completely revealed 4 games in but certainly lots of what we figured we'd see are happening

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Most of our hesitations I hiring him while maybe not completely revealed 4 games in but certainly lots of what we figured we'd see are happening

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Like what? I'm seriously curious

I think the first 4 games of the season is horrible sample size to judge a manager. Like I've said before Hinch did some really out of character things the first week of the season for the sake of getting guys game action early.

I wasn't a big fan of the hire but I'm gonna give it more than the first 4 games before I form my opinion.

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amercer said:

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Teams with more than 10% positive should just forfeit those games until they are cleared.

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Would you feel this way if this happens to the Astros?

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It would suck, but it would also make teams enforce their bubble. It's not that hard to avoid outbreaks if everyone follows the rules.

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But there is no bubble. They travel through airports. They stay in hotels in every city but home.

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I doubt it really all the travel. My bet is some young dude(s) on the Marlins have been going out in Miami and got it that way.

I think the point of the bubble for NBA and MLS is to keep the young millionaires with no family from going out and risk getting exposed.

But guess what, the NBA has already had players sneak out of the bubble, got caught, and have had to restart quarantine. Guess we'll see if the bubble really works.

At the end of the day, it mostly comes down to personal responsibility.

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I'm kinda indifferent about Dusty but felt like this move was inevitable. For better or worse, I think Crane cares more than he used to about "doing the right thing". It would have been a bad look to hire Dusty, tell him to throw the young pitchers into the fire, then not pickup his option after a shortened 60 game season.

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I thought each team had its own in house testing equipment.

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The smart ones started looking into that and purchasing their own once the delays in results started. Not sure if everyone did so.

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The actual hard part is getting the reagent for running the test. Its in very low supply.

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My wife works for a company that produces reagents for the testing and they are non stop busy. They also have a research only test used by one MLB team for preliminary results. These test results are apparent within 30 mins, don't require specialized equipment and aren't sent off for examination. If the result is positive, then the player is required to get a clinical test.

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MLBPA is strong enough that they didn't need to agree on a bubble. The players whined about it as soon as it was brought up and I doubt it was ever an option for the PA

So Rodney is exactly why we left guys off of our 40 man roster correct? so we wont have to remove anyone we just have to move someone...biagibi down to corpus and then put rodney in the pen, he should already be in shape since skeeters have already been playing.

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wangus12 said:

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I thought each team had its own in house testing equipment.

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The smart ones started looking into that and purchasing their own once the delays in results started. Not sure if everyone did so.

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The actual hard part is getting the reagent for running the test. Its in very low supply.

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My wife works for a company that produces reagents for the testing and they are non stop busy. They also have a research only test used by one MLB team for preliminary results. These test results are apparent within 30 mins, don't require specialized equipment and aren't sent off for examination. If the result is positive, then the player is required to get a clinical test.

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That makes WAAAAAY too much sense for the whole league to use. Use a fast test that never gives a false negative but can produce a false positive....if you pop then do a more stringent test.

Way to much sense

Same. I like Dusty Baker personally and I'm glad he's our manager. I liked AJ too, but he is in the past and we need to focus on the future. We can still win a World Series with Dusty at the helm.