Now, Back to (Dodger) Baseball…

March 11, 2022

Well, it finally happened. Someday, we will revisit all that is wrong with the clowns and jokers, but today is not that day. Collectively, neither side deserves our time… especially the scumbag MLBPA prima donna’s. But, I am done talking about them for now! It will likely take a day or two for the deals to start dropping, but I will be shocked if Freddie Freeman heads home. Joe Kelly…

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CLOWNS TO THE LEFT OF ME…

March 10, 2022

Jokers to the right… Here I am, stuck in the middle with you. The clowns are the MLB Owners while the Jokers are the MLBPA… and all the fans are stuck in the middle. Why cancel games? The MLBPA says that is unnecessary. They think the owners can just snap their fingers and here’s the game. All the players have to do is show up, but what if they are…

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Light at the End of the Tunnel

March 8, 2022

Maybe we are seeing the “beginning of the end” of the lockout! It has been reported that MLB offered to raise the base luxury tax threshold to $228MM next season, with that figure rising to $238MM over the course of the CBA. That’s enough progress that the players can call it a WIN. Of course, MLB will want some concessions as well. They will want the 14-team playoff (which I…

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Don’t Blame Rob Manfred

March 6, 2022

I am not a Manfred Man (see what I did there? Not everyone will get that…), but this delay of the baseball season is not on Rob Manfred. It’s on his bosses. He takes his marching orders from them – he does not tell them what to do. Baseball has a huge problem with its ownership. The “have” teams are getting filthy rich and they have a chance to win…

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There Will be no Baseball!

March 2, 2022

I told my wife yesterday that the players rejected the owner’s offer and that there was going to be NO BASEBALL SEASON this year. She said: “Honey, that’s negative, think positive!” so, I thought about it for a while and realized that I am a “glass half full person.” I am optimistic in general. I am a positive person! So, I have changed my opinion on the baseball season: “I…

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Break the Union!

March 1, 2022

Many baseball fans are on the side of the players. After all, it is those “damn greedy owners” who are responsible. NOT SO FAST! I have some questions: How do the owners make their money? How do players make their money? The owners make their money by playing games, selling tickets, and selling broadcasting rights to those games, and concessions. There are other ways, but that is substantially it. The…

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The End is Near!

February 28, 2022

There evidently was progress made in the negotiations on Sunday and I think the players and the owners both feel a sense of urgency to settle this. I am not a big fan of Bob Nightengale, but he hit it out of the proverbial ballpark on Sunday when he wrote this in the Arizona Republic: The players are livid at the owners, convinced they are making a killing and would rather…

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Follow the Money…

February 26, 2022

I have always been told that if you want to find out what is behind anything, you should “follow the money.” So, that is exactly what I am going to do. The BIG MONEY can be found in the paychecks of Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, Max Scherzer, Corey Seager, and numerous other multi-millionaires in MLB. Of course, it can be found in the owner’s pockets as well. But, before you…

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I Have Problems With Both Sides of the Lockout!

February 19, 2022

I am not on the side of the MLBPA or the MLB Owners. I am on the side of truth and fairness. I am a baseball fan. I want to see fair competition. I want to see small market teams do well. If the Dodgers really have the #1 Farm System in baseball, it is because they “bought it” by spending more on facilities, trainers, scouts, analytics, front office, and…

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