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From
Daily Perk –
How Israel Plans to Restart Its
Economy
Listen, we're like you—we'll read anything that provides a
blueprint for getting life back to 10% of normal. One interesting guide comes
from Israel, where the country's National Security Council has reportedly
finalized a plan to slowly lift stay-at-home restrictions.
The plan consists of four phases and focuses on opening more
lucrative sectors first, Haaretz reports:
Phase 1: Tech and finance, plus slices of trade-oriented
industries. These sectors employ more than 10% of the population.
Phase 2: Commerce and retail stores.
Phase 3: Restaurants and hotels. The NSC expects most of the
education system will be back at this point, too.
Phase 4: Recreational sectors like sports, air
travel, and entertainment.
Mack – If we were to use this plan in America…
and the process begins on May 1st… well, you can figure out how long
it is going to be before phase 4 begins.
Bob Nightengale - @BNightengale
The SFcGiants are the latest team to inform their employees
they will be paid through at least May 31. Meanwhile, Commissioner Rob Manfred told his staff they would be paid through
May 31, according to Jeff Passan, but senior staff members will take average
paycut of 35% in 2020.
Greg Prince - @greg_prince
Frey was the Mets hitting coach in 1982 and 1983, mentoring
Darryl Strawberry en route to his NL Rookie of the Year campaign.
Bob Nightengale - @BNightengale
RIP Jim Frey, who led the
Royals to the 1980 World Series and the Cubs to the 1984 NL East title as
manager. He later was the Cubs GM and architect of their 1989 NL East division
championship team.
#1 - Dwight Gooden, 1983 - 300 strikeouts
While 300-strikeout seasons are rare in the major leagues,
they are all but nonexistent in the minors.
Nolan Ryan, the all-time and single-season major league
strikeout king, struck out 307 batters in 1966, mostly at Class A in his first
full year out of the draft. Only one minor league pitcher has reached 300
since.
That pitcher was Dwight Gooden, who as an 18-year-old
righthander in 1983 struck out a minor league-leading 300 Carolina League
batters in 191 innings. The typical minor league leader during this period
finished north of 200 strikeouts—but well short of 300.
Since Gooden reached 300, no other minor league pitcher has
topped 250 strikeouts. Tom Gordon's 234 in 1988 is the highest total since
Gooden's feat. No minor league pitcher has topped even 200 since Matt Moore
struck out 208 in 2010.
Gooden, drafted fifth overall by the Mets in 1982, went 19-4,
2.50 in 27 starts for high Class A Lynchburg in 1983 and claimed the BA Minor
League Player of the Year award. One of the more interesting aspects of
Gooden’s epic season was that he completed 10 games and walked 112 batters—5.3
per nine innings—which is a reminder of how player development standards have
changed for pitchers through the years.
Gooden was lauded in scouting reports at the time for his
90-95 mph fastball and outstanding curveball, which proved to be accurate.
Early in his big league career, Gooden had one of the best fastballs and best
curveballs in the National League. He won Rookie of the Year at age 19 and the
Cy Young Award at age 20, leading the majors in strikeouts both years.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious
diseases expert and one of the members of the White House Taskforce assigned to
fight the coronavirus has outlined a plan where professional sports can return
this summer.
Fauci told Snapchat’s Peter Hamby:
“There’s a way of doing that. Nobody comes to the
stadium. Put [the players] in big hotels, wherever you want to play, keep them
very well surveilled. … Have them tested every single week and make sure they
don’t wind up infecting each other or their family, and just let them play the
season out.”
Jared Diamond - @jareddiamond
The first pick of the sixth round of the MLB draft is
usually worth $318,200. This year, in a potential five-round format, that
player would be forced to sign for $20,000 and no more.
That's just one way the shortened draft will impact
baseball.
3 comments:
Israel has a population about equivalent to NYC Metro. It reports 12,500 positives. Their situation is akin to California, perhaps, but NY is vastly worse - and I think NY will be vastly harder. Games almost HAVE to be in lower density places like Fi and Az, along the lines of what Fauci describes.
Back in March, that is what essentially I was suggesting.
Draftees who can stay in school may want to pass on this low payout year.
Ryan and Gooden both "bowl 300" - both Mets at the time - amazin'. Sadly, the one the Mets kept was the one who didn't make the HOF.
Gooden was every bit as good as Ryan but Nolan didn't have Doc's personal problems.
And no one had Ryan’s amazing durability. Just ask Matt Harvey.
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