[MLB] MLB will host a competitive golf tournament with 60 current and former Major Leaguers representing all 30 clubs. Hosted at Shadow Creek, the Capital One MLB Open will be a cornerstone of MLB Awards Week Nov. 12-14

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1. Can’t even play a game of golf without advertising to people

2. Wonder if CC Sabathia will show up since he’s a big golfer and is on the course all the time 

3. They finally took John Smoltz’s suggestions for improving baseball:

   1. ⁠No more pitchers. The ball is to be placed on the ground directly in front of the batter.

   2. ⁠In order to offset the hitter’s new advantage, the ball shall be shrunk down. Dimples will replace the laces since pitchers will no longer need to grip the ball.

   3. ⁠All fielders shall be removed from the field.

   4. ⁠There are no more teams. All hitters play for themselves.

   5. ⁠Outfield walls shall be replaced with small holes approximately 250 -700 yards away.

   6. ⁠Hitters will no longer score runs, they will be judged on how many swings it takes them to get the ball in the hole.

   7. ⁠The current scoring system shall be inversed. The hitter with the fewest number of swings is now the winner.

4. Jeff McNeil licking his chops

5. Jimmy Rollins boutta go crazy

6. Braves may actually win something this year.

7. Please tell me my GOAT Jeff McNeil is gonna win something for the Mets

8. Kyle Hendricks is about to go HAM.

9. If any of the active players get hurt in this I am going to be MAD

10. Wil Myers been preparing his entire retirement for this moment.

11. In before Shohei pulls a Kim Jong Un and shoots an 18

12. Shadow Creek is one of the most brutally difficult courses in the world (but also the most beautiful/expensive/exclusive as well)

    We’re gonna see some hilariously high scores, can’t wait lol

13. Gotta see McNeil and Verlander

14. I never knew I wanted to watch this so badly.

15. Who’s paired with Happy?

16. I bet ohtani could golf and be better than tiger woods

17. Is this next week? Or scheduled for Nov 12 next year?

18. I hope Cal plays and I hope they invite the ‘Dump 65 Here’ guy to stand next to the hole

19. Fuck golf. That is all.

20. I hope Aaron Hicks is playing, he is good

21. MLB needs to really needs to hand out their awards earlier. By the time they come out, no one cares because the season has been over for weeks

22. ERNIE CLEMENT COME ON DOWN

23. Will air on TNT on November 18th at 9:30 p.m eastern

24. I mean it’s a bit of harmless fun.

25. This actually seems like a really fun idea and something I would watch.

26. Get Ozzie Guillen on the white Sox team, I hear he’s a great golfer!

27. Ooh fun. Any word on a list of each team’s participants?

28. ok?

29. This is awesome. Think the early favorites are Jeff McNeil or Derek Lowe.

30. Holy fuck I live in Vegas, please let this be affordable.

    Edit: is it even a ticketed event?

31. Cool. I won’t be watching this.

32. I’m actually really interested in this. I’ve always heard hockey and baseball players were generally the best golfers out of the four major sports. If I had to guess, starting pitchers probably beat out position players. They probably get a lot of swings in, during spring training.

33. *flashback to 2025 Adley Rutschman golf bobblehead*

    Yeah, that checks out.

34. This will definitely get more young people interested in baseball.

35. Let Bartolo Colon be one of the former players, Please.

36. Croneworth will finally bring a banner back to petco lol

37. Why not a soft ball game

38. I hear George is a really good golfer.

39. Please let Will Smith represent the Dodgers. By all accounts he’s very good. He even claims that had he not made it in baseball he’d have pursued pro golf.