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Voting closed: February 13, 2022, 10:41:25 PM

[Hamilton Samuels]

A-Rod, bidding for Mets, wants players to accept cap system

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez, among four groups of bidders for a possible purchase of the New York Mets, called for baseball players accept the type of revenue-sharing system that is tied to a salary cap and sparked quick opposition from the union.

Following the collapse of labor talks dealing with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, relations between Major League Baseball and the players’ association are at the lowest point in a quarter-century. The sides appear headed to a spring training lockout in 2022.

Preparing for the start of his third season as an analyst on ESPN’s Sunday night telecasts, Rodriguez said baseball players’ leverage had changed since they fought off the owners’ salary-cap proposal with a 7 1/2-month strike in 1994-95. He said the rise of the NFL and NBA had changed the equation along with digital media, and said the players’ association should work collaboratively with MLB to raise the sport’s market share.

https://apnews.com/962489d56d0a4b8c0feed2157013f199

ESPN has a problem.

[Hairy Lime]

A-Rod, bidding for Mets, wants players to accept cap system

Fucking hilarious.

[Echo4]

A-Rod, bidding for Mets, wants players to accept cap system

Fucking hilarious.

Sounds like he would fit right in with the owners group, though!

[Echo4]

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2900600-mlb-mlbpa-announce-6-new-positive-covid-19-tests-out-of-10548-samples

[kiidcarter8]

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2900652-daniel-bard-makes-rockies-opening-day-roster-7-years-after-last-mlb-appearance?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

[Echo4]

Canada will not allow Blue Jays to play regular season games in Toronto due to pandemic

[Echo4]

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2900652-daniel-bard-makes-rockies-opening-day-roster-7-years-after-last-mlb-appearance?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

Wow!

I hope he does well!

[Kam]

Several S.F. Giants players and coaches -- including manager Gabe Kapler -- knelt for the national anthem Monday ... and Donald Trump took aim at them afterward, calling it all a "great disrespect."

"Looking forward to live sports," Trump said, "but any time I witness a player kneeling during the National Anthem, a sign of great disrespect for our Country and our Flag, the game is over for me!"

[Echo4]

Several S.F. Giants players and coaches -- including manager Gabe Kapler -- knelt for the national anthem Monday ... and Donald Trump took aim at them afterward, calling it all a "great disrespect."

"Looking forward to live sports," Trump said, "but any time I witness a player kneeling during the National Anthem, a sign of great disrespect for our Country and our Flag, the game is over for me!"

I thought seeing the players and staff kneeling was a sign of great respect. And I suspect that if Trump is true to his word (which is a questionable assumption, to say the least), he will be watching a lot fewer games on TV this year going forward than usual.

This might in an ordinary person result in more work. No chance here. More mischief, I expect.

[kiidcarter8]

Not so sure Trump watches much baseball



Looking forward to FAUCI tossing out the first pitch

[Hamilton Samuels]

 https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2900985-mlb-will-allow-fans-to-use-app-to-influence-crowd-noise-from-home-during-games

Fans will have the opportunity to boo the Houston Astros during the 2020 Major League Baseball season after all.

As Darren Rovell of Action Network shared, the league will incorporate how many fans are using its app and cheering or booing a specific team into the piped in crowd noise it will use in empty stadiums amid the COVID-19 pandemic...

Yes, but how do we throw batteries at Jose Altuve'?

[Echo4]

Not so sure Trump watches much baseball



Looking forward to FAUCI tossing out the first pitch

Saw that bit, at a minimum.

Maybe if he had had a team in the USLB he would have more interest. The New Jersey Blimps or something.

[Echo4]

There's an MLB "summer camp" game on television!

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

[Hamilton Samuels]

Jays to play in Pittsburgh, pending local approval.

If Toronto stays homeless, it kills the league.

https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEC9bOsXfs9bTUJvHfAgsB_QqFwgEKg8IACoHCAowhujNATCy4ycwm65P?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

[bankshot1]

Perhaps if the Jays play in Pitt, they should call themselves Grays as homage to a former Pitt-based ball club.

In other news rumors building LAD and Mookie doing something big.

https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2020/07/22/report-mookie-betts-closing-in-on-monster-extension-with-the-dodgers/

Boston radio station WEEI and Lou Merloni are reporting that Mookie Betts, one of the biggest stars in the game, will not hit free agency this offseason as expected, and will re-up with the Dodgers on a 10-year deal worth something in the $350 to $400 million range “within the next couple days.”