Category: MLB owners

MLB 2020 stuck in the net of the coronavirus (mercurynews.com)
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The MLBPA Receives Its Just Desserts – But For What?

The MLBPA has known the MLB 2020 season was always in the hands of the owners. And so it is that the proclamation to “Play…

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MLB 2020: The Dark Days Of Baseball (Getty images)
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MLB 2020: There’s No Joy In Mudville – Mighty Baseball Has Struck Out

The MLB 2020 season has been on life support while owners and players agree only to disagree. Forget them; the real decider is making its…

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MLB 2020: A Ballet At Second Base
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MLB 2020: Boys Behaving Badly Is No Excuse – It’s A Blot On Baseball

While the MLB 2020 season hinges on a group of adults agreeing to play in the same sandbox, boys misbehaving is cutting a knife through…

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MLB: Money for everyone (sbnation.com)
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MLB owners reject players 70-game proposal – and this time they’re right

MLB owners are sticking to their latest proposal to launch a 60-game season by the end of July. Sixty games or zero games, take it…

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Rob Manfred and Tony Clark - a meeting of the "minds"? (arizonasports.com)
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2020 MLB: The Rob and Tony show moves to Phoenix – The heat is on

The 2020 MLB season is on, or so we are asked to believe based on a face to face meeting between the two sides. Caveat…

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Rob Manfred and Tony Clark Hammer It Out (CBS Sports)
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2020 MLB Season: When a half loaf of bread is Not as good as a full loaf

The 2020 MLB season has been hijacked not so much by the coronavirus as the conspiracy put together by team owners to offer fans a…

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MLB Shortened Season: A wealth of entertaining alternatives exist

A shortened MLB season is a band-aid to cover existing wounds with the added potential for skewed results. But there are roads less traveled to…

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MLB short season skews results
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MLB and the perils of a skewed 50-game regular season schedule

MLB will soon exercise its power to impose a regular-season schedule for 2019, widely rumored to be 50-games. A look back at 2019 says foul…

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