{"id":132329,"date":"2020-06-22T03:54:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T08:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=132329"},"modified":"2020-06-22T03:54:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T08:54:14","slug":"monday-mailbag-acme-mlb-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/06\/22\/monday-mailbag-acme-mlb-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Mailbag: ACME, MLB, football"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week\u2019s Monday Mailbag features questions about ACME baseball, Major League Baseball and football this fall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Can you explain this: Is there ACME baseball or not this summer? I see teams are playing, but is it ACME baseball? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: ACME officially canceled the season several weeks ago, but not long after that, the state gave the green light for practices and games. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what you\u2019re seeing is basically ACME baseball, just without the ACME name, hence the term \u201csummer season\u201d in our game stories and recaps. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Major League Baseball \u2013 isn\u2019t this discord between the two sides more on the players than the owners? With each passing day it seems pointless to even try to play. Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: There\u2019s plenty of blame to go around. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s obvious the players and the owners don\u2019t like each other and this feud between the sides isn\u2019t doing anything to endear fans, which is baffling to me. Professional baseball is a sport that used to be America\u2019s favorite, but it\u2019s probably No. 3 on the list now.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of us get it \u2013 the players don\u2019t want to be shortchanged and the owners want to minimize losses but right now it seems the two sides are like siblings just trying to get under each other\u2019s skin.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Super agent Scott Boras isn\u2019t exactly helping things either. If anything, he\u2019s inflaming the situation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I\u2019d like to see the two sides sit down very soon with serious intent to hammer out some sort of agreement. Enough with the chest thumping, enough with the posturing by both sides \u2013 try to find some common ground and go from there.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there isn\u2019t a deal in place or at least substantial progress toward one by this time next week, it would seem kind of pointless to continue.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: With the COVID-19 outbreaks hitting some college football teams this week, is this a sign there may not be football this fall at any level? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: For the record, I don\u2019t want to think about a fall with no football.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know Alabama, Texas, Clemson and LSU saw higher numbers over the past few days and I know at least one school \u2013 Kansas State \u2013 is suspending voluntary workouts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not exactly sure what\u2019s going to happen. Perhaps we\u2019ll see more colleges cancel or postpone voluntary workouts. As far as what\u2019s going to happen at the high school or pro level, that remains to be seen.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having said that, I still think football at all levels will be played this fall. It\u2019s almost a certainty that attendance will be limited and it\u2019s still possible the season (at any or all levels) will be shortened in some form or fashion.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a question or comment for next week\u2019s Monday Mailbag, email it to sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor This week\u2019s Monday Mailbag features questions about ACME baseball, Major League Baseball and football this fall. Q: Can you explain this: Is there ACME baseball or not this summer? I see teams are playing, but is it ACME baseball? Name withheld upon request A: ACME officially canceled the season several weeks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 06:53:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}