MLB 'Mess'

Discussion going on for baseball to occur this summer....but odds look dismal at this point.

So the owners put down several things, and one of them really stood out.

If you've ever been to baseball games....you know around about the ninth inning....things should conclude unless it's tied.  So at that point, it'd go to extra innings.

Sometimes....it's just one or two extra innings.  Sometimes....it does to eight or nine extra innings.  You could be sitting that at midnight....with the game still going on.

So the owners offered up this unique idea....if things are tied in the ninth, then you start the tenth inning with a runner sitting on second base.  The odds?  Statistically, it's pretty good odds that something will happen in the tenth inning, with team A or team B, and conclude with the tenth inning.  Odds of going to an 11th inning or beyond?  I'd say less than a 10-percent chance.  It'd be the virtual end of games ever going beyond 15 innings. 

Chances of this being accepted?  When you look at the whole package......players have marginal interest, and I'd suggest that it's less than a 10-percent chance of any baseball occurring this season. 

New contract chatter to start at conclusion of the 2021 season?  Yeah.  It doesn't look very good at this point.