60(ish) Games Isn't a Real Season...but It's Going to Be Epic

I just don't know how to feel about such a short season. I see a lot of football fans crowing that the baseball season is too long. The beauty of the baseball season is the 162 game grind (which gets cheapened every time they expand the # of teams in the playoffs). I suppose there will be a loud faction of (non-purist) casual baseball fans yelling to shorten the season in the future if a 60 game 2020 season happens with positive reviews. I am just going to take what I can get as far as games in 2020 and enjoy it.

So basically the pennant race starts on Day 1? I can dig it.

If we even get there.  From what I have read the owners thought there was a deal at 60, then players say no no no, that was just a proposal from your side.  We want 10 more games, and some more money too.  So some owners, who barely agreed to go to 60 are now not happy.  Will they split in the middle at 65? Makes sense, but nothing during this process has made sense.  Can 10 games really stand in the way?  Can 5 games really stand in the way?  The 10 games is about 8.4 million per team.  Not a whole lot, but it just seems like both sides want to say yeah we won this one.  

With the amount of money the owners have it is like fighting over a few bucks to most of us.  The thing is, these guys are business people that do deals all the time and want to feel they won the deal.  Players have felt like they have been on losing end of deals for past decade now and they are fed up.  However, should the owners operate at a loss simply because they can?  No business plan calls for losing money.  You do not own a business and let it run at a loss for extended periods of time simply because your other businesses make money and you will be fine.  You run a business to make money.  How many stock holders of a business are okay with their stock prices going down because the business is losing money? 

No doubt it will be fun! I usually watch/listen to about 70-80% of the regular season. I anticipate I'll be around the same for the shortened season.

What does Pineda's suspension look like in a 65 game season? 

With our bullpen, and with Hill healthy, we may have as good a chance as anyone - and maybe having Pineda for most of these games? I like our chances.

Not a fan of it.  If you get off to a slow start as the Twins and almost any other team have done, your season is done before it starts.  While it helps that they will add more teams to the playoffs, it is just playing the games to say baseball exists.  It will really mean nothing.

5 Phillies just tested positive along with 3 staff in Clearwater. I'm thinking it is over.

Our over-reaction in game day threads will no longer be over-reactions.

What does Pineda's suspension look like in a 65 game season? 

With our bullpen, and with Hill healthy, we may have as good a chance as anyone - and maybe having Pineda for most of these games? I like our chances.

 

Pineda will have 1 regular season start

It's going to be fun, and the Twins are pretty well positioned. I think they'll win it all! 

Our over-reaction in game day threads will no longer be over-reactions.

Does that mean that TD will allow us the opportunity to use
even bigger type when we celebrate a home run? 

With some of the formats they were discussing earlier, it was intriguing to think of the scheduling options. For example, in the three-leagues-of-10-teams format, two home-and-home series (12 games) against the nine teams made for a nice 108 games.

But with just 60 or games on the docket, that really ratchets up the importance of a single series against a contending opponent.

Giddy up.

The next MLB season to be played will have 162 games for each team.

I hate to grammar police because this is well-intentioned and I know you mean that a 60 game season will be exciting, but I still feel I should point out that a short season is literally the opposite of what "epic" means.