# MLB 2020 Spring training thread starts here **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [February 19, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-spring-training-thread-starts-here/848172 "2020-02-19T14:56:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-spring-training-thread-starts-here/848172/81 "2020-03-27T12:22:08Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Remember the Pentagon was paying a lot of teams for that military stuff. Can nurses pay too? Cite please? I don’t know of the Pentagon paying for that at any stadium. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-spring-training-thread-starts-here/848172/82 "2020-03-27T12:33:36Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Cite please? I don’t know of the Pentagon paying for that at any stadium. > **[Air Force Plans More Flyovers to Boost Recruitment](https://www.newsweek.com/air-force-pay-more-stadium-flyovers-sports-fans-join-841170)** > > Events that will have more of the Air Force flyovers this year include NFL, MLB and college sports games. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-spring-training-thread-starts-here/848172/83 "2020-03-27T12:39:51Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > [Air Force to Pay for More Stadium Flyovers to Inspire Sports Fans to Join Up](https://www.newsweek.com/air-force-pay-more-stadium-flyovers-sports-fans-join-841170) No where in that link does it say the Air Force was paying teams. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-spring-training-thread-starts-here/848172/84 "2020-03-27T13:38:46Z")
I was just responding to your post doubting that “the Pentagon was paying for that at any stadium”, which they did, as stated in that article. I’d guess that Bijou’s wording was a little off - certainly no one’s getting a check for letting some B-2s fly over. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-spring-training-thread-starts-here/848172/85 "2020-03-27T13:54:44Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I was just responding to your post doubting that “the Pentagon was paying for that at any stadium”, which they did, as stated in that article. I’d guess that Bijou’s wording was a little off - certainly no one’s getting a check for letting some B-2s fly over. **Bijou** ’s post implied the military was paying teams. I don’t think that is true. That the military pays for the cost of flyovers and on-field color guards is another story and started long before 9-11. Or, it looks like we’re in agreement. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-spring-training-thread-starts-here/848172/86 "2020-03-27T16:06:29Z")
I thought this was probably the most appropriate place to post this. With the 2020 MLB season on hold, Fanatics, the company that manufactures baseball uniforms, is instead manufacturing hospital masks and gowns for the health care providers on the front lines fighting Covid-19. > **[MLB uniform maker switches to producing medical masks, gowns](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2020/03/26/mlb-uniform-maker-switches-to-producing-medical-masks-gowns/111466516/)** > > The company that makes Major League Baseball uniforms has switched to producing masks and gowns in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic Way to go, Fanatics! You got yourselves the salami. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-spring-training-thread-starts-here/848172/87 "2020-03-27T17:19:31Z")
[The Department of Defense](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/14173360/mlbs-nfl-paid-showings-patriotism-cost-fans-more-ways-one) has paid for military themed events at MLB and NFL stadiums. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-spring-training-thread-starts-here/848172/88 "2020-03-27T18:34:19Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > **Bijou** ’s post implied the military was paying teams. I don’t think that is true. That the military pays for the cost of flyovers and on-field color guards is another story and started long before 9-11. Or, it looks like we’re in agreement. Is the objection whether the military is paying MLB for events, or paying teams themselves directly? I’m not sure if there is a difference. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-spring-training-thread-starts-here/848172/89 "2020-03-27T18:40:38Z")
I wasn’t aware the military was paying the teams to have military displays. Based on what **Blank Slate** posted, it looks like that was happening. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-spring-training-thread-starts-here/848172/90 "2020-03-27T20:05:35Z")
[Thread from 2015.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=774329) Read about the staged military family reunions for extra nausea. Can’t we just go see a ballgame without all the jingoism? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-spring-training-thread-starts-here/848172/91 "2020-03-29T18:09:47Z")
I’m trying to confirm, has anyone else seen that MLB will allow 29 man rosters for the first month when the season finally begins? It looks like this is real: [There will be 29-man rosters when baseball returns - MLB | NBC Sports](https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/03/27/there-will-be-29-man-rosters-when-baseball-returns/) ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-spring-training-thread-starts-here/848172/92 "2020-03-29T18:38:08Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I’m trying to confirm, has anyone else seen that MLB will allow 29 man rosters for the first month when the season finally begins? > > It looks like this is real: [There will be 29-man rosters when baseball returns - NBC Sports](https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/03/27/there-will-be-29-man-rosters-when-baseball-returns/) Makes sense; when the shortened 1995 season started after the strike, rosters were 28 players for a while. Plus the season was supposed to start with 26 man rosters anyway due to more usage of pitchers. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-spring-training-thread-starts-here/848172/93 "2020-03-30T12:09:46Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > Plus the season was supposed to start with 26 man rosters anyway due to more usage of pitchers. Was the reason because of more pitcher usage? I thought it was a concession to the players because fewer pitchers would be used due to the 3 batter rule instituted this year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-2020-spring-training-thread-starts-here/848172.md?page=4)