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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…
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…
Manfred tries the old rope-a-dope but he’s duping no one
Rob Manfred, at the behest of team owners, has been disparaging the game of baseball with a shell-game ploy that is fooling no one. Rob…
MLB Owners: A textbook lesson in how to steal the show from the players
MLB owners remain a tightknit group while the players union flinches every time someone goes off the reservation – negating the essence of unionism. MLB…
MLB Players Spokesmen: The good, the bad, and the ugly
A chorus of MLB players in the dispute with owners has risen to the top of their game. Others, not so much. A small number…
MLB Rule Changes – Into A Bold New Future (Part 2)
Sweeping MLB rule changes have been announced and more are forthcoming. But, here’s a couple of rule changes that should be on the table… Note:…
Jacob deGrom Rings A Bell For All Players To Rally Around
When Jacob deGrom, said he might consider putting an innings limit on himself, he just might have fired the first salvo in a war… Jacob…
MLB: Here’s A Sure-Fire Way to Supercharge Pace Of Play
Changes are coming to MLB to accelerate the pace of play, whether you, me, the players, and fans like it or not. But why just nip…