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1 posted on 12/02/2021 2:54:52 AM PST by NautiNurse
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To: nutmeg

Sigh...


2 posted on 12/02/2021 2:55:22 AM PST by NautiNurse (Who will portray Alec Baldwin in the SNL skit? )
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To: NautiNurse

Greed ruins everything. Fix this!!!


3 posted on 12/02/2021 3:14:04 AM PST by Shady (The #JihadJunta is now a Dictatorship, there are no more “laws..”)
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To: NautiNurse

There was economics version 1.0 before Covid, and there is economics version 2.0 after Covid. If you look around, I’d say at least a dozen clubs are marginally making it (meaning they have five or six decent players only because of the TV contract). Count in the other fact that most all clubs are laughing at agents trying to talk up 7-year contracts.

Another thing you notice....virtually no thrills of signing up a 32-year old player or older....to a four-year contract these days. A lot of 35/36 year old guys are now finished....with no club willing to pay three-to-five million a year.

I think this strike will go through June, and the low-end players with no savings will be desperate to take anything. 2022 season will be a joke.


6 posted on 12/02/2021 3:21:25 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: NautiNurse

There are lots of us who would pay the owners to let us play Baseball. That would be a hoot.


7 posted on 12/02/2021 3:22:09 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: NautiNurse

I haven’t cared for years.


17 posted on 12/02/2021 4:03:06 AM PST by Jonty30 (I love giving directions, because it is like me to tell people where to go and how to get there.)
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To: NautiNurse

What’s a baseball?

When they took the knee to BLM I took a hike, canceled my season tickets, stopped watching any games, don’t buy anything relating to the team.

If they go out of business it will be fine with me.


19 posted on 12/02/2021 4:11:11 AM PST by stockpirate (Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God., Where Justice Ends Tyranny Begins.)
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To: NautiNurse

Couldn’t care less! Was a life-long fan of the game and, in particular, the Phillies. Haven’t watched any in 2 years now. When they started kneeling for our National Anthem, they disrespected our country. Those spoiled millionaires can go pound sand!


26 posted on 12/02/2021 5:04:38 AM PST by MadPenguin (Gun control is one armed group trying to disarm another armed group!)
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To: NautiNurse
I never forgave MLB for the 1994 strike -- and that was damn near 30 years ago.

It's inevitable that money will dominate major sports in the U.S., but when it comes at the expense of the fans then I have no interest in supporting it anymore.

28 posted on 12/02/2021 5:31:55 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest, ‘til a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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To: NautiNurse

And yet the Rangers went on a splurge right before the lockout.


30 posted on 12/02/2021 5:43:30 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: NautiNurse
Another thing you notice....virtually no thrills of signing up a 32-year old player or older....to a four-year contract these days. A lot of 35/36 year old guys are now finished....with no club willing to pay three-to-five million a year.

Sounds like they are just now figuring out how Corporate America has operated for a long time.

31 posted on 12/02/2021 5:54:24 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: NautiNurse

It’s not even winter yet and we’re told about a problem in baseball? ... Let’s do this later ... much later, please!


37 posted on 12/02/2021 6:54:17 AM PST by glennaro (Although I don't believe in "big conspiracies", neither do I believe in "big coincidences")
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To: NautiNurse

They will work it out by Febuary.


47 posted on 12/02/2021 8:24:49 AM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up! )
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