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« Reply #2295 on: April 01, 2021, 12:10:38 pm »
Well that’s an auspicious beginning

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« Reply #2296 on: April 01, 2021, 12:16:12 pm »
Holy shit I just realized it’s April fools

This better not be some lame ass “joke”

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« Reply #2297 on: April 01, 2021, 01:01:36 pm »
who decided that opening day should be on april 1?  hard to take any of this seriously...

... like the fact that the texas rangers are the only team that is filling their stadium at 100%.  every other team is at 50% capacity or less (Nats were going to let in 5K, out of a possible 42K, so ~12%).  yee-fuckin-haw.
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« Reply #2298 on: April 01, 2021, 01:06:09 pm »
It’s hard to take “sports” seriously in covid times... the competitions are all messed up.. inequitable

If there was a World Cup this year I would take it seriously but that’s it...thank god there isn’t

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« Reply #2299 on: April 01, 2021, 01:37:25 pm »
It’s hard to take “sports” seriously in covid times...
It really is. I like sports as much as the next guy but there is a level of disengagement. My alma mater really choked away a Final Four spot earlier this week and I went "huh. oh well" and went to bed and people keep asking me how I'm doing about it and I'm honestly like "I haven't thought about it at all??"
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« Reply #2300 on: April 01, 2021, 02:35:00 pm »
Totally agree.  I passed on O's OD tickets for the 1st time in I don't know how long. Not ready to go yet.

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« Reply #2301 on: April 02, 2021, 12:44:39 pm »
Not going to any games for a few months, that's for sure.

I did enjoy watching opening day on TV though, as I had never seen this before.  Probably nearly 10,000 baseball games in my life....
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« Reply #2302 on: April 02, 2021, 12:54:29 pm »
Not going to any games for a few months, that's for sure.

I did enjoy watching opening day on TV though, as I had never seen this before.  Probably nearly 10,000 baseball games in my life....

Assuming you're fully vaccinated, why not?

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« Reply #2303 on: April 02, 2021, 01:45:11 pm »
Assuming you're fully vaccinated, why not?

Many reasons, but the main reason is because my wife is not vaccinated.  She's also young, fit, and healthy and does not work in a priority field so I don't see her getting her vaccination until mid-to-late May.

I see no sense risking it until the Angels come to the Bay Area, and that doesn't happen until Memorial Day Weekend, but then they come right back in mid-June so I'm more likely to wait and see until then.  There is a lot of science to be worked out, and while I feel completely confident that I won't be hospitalized, variants and transmission have yet to be determined.     
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« Reply #2304 on: April 02, 2021, 01:47:56 pm »
She's also young, fit, and healthy
Does that make you old, un-fit and un-healthy
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« Reply #2305 on: April 02, 2021, 01:49:50 pm »
Assuming you're fully vaccinated, why not?

Many reasons, but the main reason is because my wife is not vaccinated.  She's also young, fit, and healthy and does not work in a priority field so I don't see her getting her vaccination until mid-to-late May.

I see no sense risking it until the Angels come to the Bay Area, and that doesn't happen until Memorial Day Weekend, but then they come right back in mid-June so I'm more likely to wait and see until then.  There is a lot of science to be worked out, and while I feel completely confident that I won't be hospitalized, variants and transmission have yet to be determined.   

Cool, makes perfect sense.

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« Reply #2306 on: April 02, 2021, 01:50:54 pm »
She's also young, fit, and healthy
Does that make you old, un-fit and un-healthy

Yes, no, and no.  But more important to this conversation, I work in a field deemed essential.
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« Reply #2308 on: May 20, 2021, 10:00:06 am »
I don't see her getting her vaccination until mid-to-late May.
Just out of curiosity, did she manage to get vaccinated before mid-to-late May?
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« Reply #2309 on: May 20, 2021, 10:01:03 am »
Is this the worst contract in history?

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31473228/baltimore-orioles-chris-davis-miss-rest-season-hip-surgery
Its up there although the AAV is pretty meek as salaries continue to skyrocket.
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