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Ecclesiastes 5:8

Baseball is unfortunately on the long road to where boxing and horse racing have ended up.

per Deadspin.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

It's funny I'm sitting here watching t.v., wearing an old Olympic team tee shirt and wearing a youth baseball team captain. And knowing that like me, they aren't relevant to the right demographic en masse.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

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And a draft lottery.


MANY players don't need 30+ Spring games to be ready for Opening Day, but I'm not sure how the FA market and building all of the rosters can be done in such a short window.

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Fuck the DH

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Players will not cave on the 6 year+loophole service time issue. I have read the owners may offer compensation in a bonus for players who outperform their rookie contracts.

So Old School that even Socrates is shocked.

Players will fold. They always do. Owners aren't giving in on that.

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I hate the universal DH, but I accepted losing this argument a long time ago.
It's sad pro sports have to resort to a draft lottery, but it's become a necessary thing.

OK....tanking and DH....those are the easy ones. Now get to work on the revenue split. This isn't getting resolved any time soon.

Yes...I do believe the players will be the ones to cave, but not without a shortened season. The owners will find a way to share more money with the veterans and journeyman players and hold most of the service time / control of rookies. The union says they care about rookies and service time, but they really don't. They just want their share of the pie.

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And until the owners actually provide an honest accounting, we're stuck.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

truth

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Large war chest. This was well prepared for.

I'm sorry but it's getting harder and harder to root for any of these clowns. It's gone beyond sad.

And that's coming from someone who tried to find the Caribbean Series. After spending an inordinate amount of time watching it with my then toddler sons.

One of whom wants my Satchel Paige jersey. Because I already gave his brother my signed throwback Jerry Rice jersey.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Which team?

Jesse Rogers really does a good job giving updates on the MLB lookout, and its intricacies.

I may be alone in this but I genuinely don’t care who wins or loses in professional sports’ labor negotiations.

My view is generally that players will lose and it’s really just how long they want to dig in before giving up. Noting that, I’d rather they just drop the arbitration/luxury tax stuff, ask for better playoff economics and stop dicking around with the 2022 White Sox coronation.

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The more playoff teams, the lesser the odds because....baseball. Now every year the 2006 Cardinals are playing.

That may increase the number of teams who try to win and alleviate the tanking issue to some extent.

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More playoff teams in MLB is not a good thing unless they shorten the regular season and play best of 3 or 5 Wild Card series.

In the NFL, there have been four #7 seeds in the playoffs so far, they're 0-4. Two of them have lost by more than 20 points. The Bears lost by 11.

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The long regular season is justification for a limited number of playoff teams. The best teams are determined over lots game. No reason teams sniffing .500 should be given a chance to win the World Series especially when teams can load up in July from tanking teams.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Isn’t one of the players’ main issues that some owners intentionally field uncompetitive rosters? Why not provide incentives to make them field more competitive rosters?

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The players union should ask the players on those teams why they aren't very good.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Well they already know they’re not good because they don’t make enough money.

If mlb playoffs are truly the crapshoot we’ve been led to believe by the Theos & Billy Beanes of the world, why not call ownership’s bluff and incentivize them to pay for better talent?

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We can't agree more. I can't stand to see modest teams in any sport in any playoffs.

And btw, Nardi it's a flannel Kansas City Monarchs jersey.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Yup. Theo ruined baseball.

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Agreed. Other sports too.

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- Salary floor along with a cap.

- Draft lottery.

. Stop the revenue sharing garbage.

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Two Leagues, no divisions. Balanced schedules. Top 4 teams in both leagues make it.

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Players will never agree to a cap. They don’t even like the soft cap that’s been created by the luxury tax.

If owners just gave them some of the playoff tv money and a shorter season I feel like it’s a reasonable accommodation. The service time stuff seems like a fair request from the union but for some reason the owners are acting like that’s a deal breaker.

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