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Baseball contract limits tobacco use
Associated Press ^ | 11/22/2011 | Associated Press

Posted on 11/22/2011 11:02:34 AM PST by Responsibility2nd

WASHINGTON — Baseball's new labor deal will limit the use of smokeless tobacco by players, but not ban it during games, as some public health groups had sought.

A baseball union summary obtained by The Associated Press says that players have agreed not to carry tobacco cans in their back pockets or use tobacco during pregame or postgame interviews and at team functions.

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baseball; tobacco
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Don't ban it. Just ban the spitting of it.
1 posted on 11/22/2011 11:02:41 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’m not sure this is even much of an issue anymore. All the players I see on TV seem to be chewing gum or sunflower seeds.


2 posted on 11/22/2011 11:06:14 AM PST by colorado tanker
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Real ball players chew Red Man anyway. I never could keep track of that cricket $hit they put in lil cans.
4 posted on 11/22/2011 11:10:56 AM PST by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Pussies.


5 posted on 11/22/2011 11:17:53 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Post5203

Actually, in this case the commies (union) are resisting this change, while the capitalists(owners) are seeking it.


6 posted on 11/22/2011 11:32:54 AM PST by Huck (LIBERTY is the object.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Not only am I a p*ssy; I absolutely demand that everyone else on Planet Earth become a p*ssy, just like me. And if they don’t, I’m gonna stamp my widdle feet!”


7 posted on 11/22/2011 11:45:52 AM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: Post5203

They could be real men and swallow it instead.


8 posted on 11/22/2011 12:11:31 PM PST by onedoug (lf)
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To: Huck

Actually in MLB’s case, the union are the free marketeers while the owners want a socialist system.


9 posted on 11/22/2011 12:16:33 PM PST by gusty
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To: Huck

Actually in MLB’s case, the union are the free marketeers while the owners want a socialist system.


10 posted on 11/22/2011 12:16:33 PM PST by gusty
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To: gusty

It’s not socialism, that’s a way too simplistic view


11 posted on 11/22/2011 12:18:35 PM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: Hegewisch Dupa

What do you call the New York Yankees, a very succesful organization both on and off the field, having to pay millions to the Pittsburgh Pirates because the Yankees want to put a good product on the field for their fans, and the Pirates do not.


12 posted on 11/22/2011 12:23:18 PM PST by gusty
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To: gusty

How so?


13 posted on 11/22/2011 12:23:18 PM PST by Huck (LIBERTY is the object.)
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To: gusty

That’s what you do to try to have a competitive league when your player’s union won’t allow a salary cap.


14 posted on 11/22/2011 12:26:22 PM PST by Huck (LIBERTY is the object.)
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To: Huck

All the MLBPA wants is for their members to be allowed to negotiate their terms of employment with any employer they want. The owners do not want this. The owners want to regulate the free market for labor in their industry. Once a player’s employment contract has expired, their should be no restriction on whom he wants to play for, for whatever reason.


15 posted on 11/22/2011 12:29:40 PM PST by gusty
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Professional sports leagues, from the owners point, aren’t laundromats. If you own a laundromat, your better off when the competition closes. Except for the (sadly hypothetical) case of contraction, a sports league is healthier without it’s worst teams have to suffer in the dredges. It’s a bigger picture thing.


16 posted on 11/22/2011 12:30:51 PM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: Huck

I rest my case. A salary cap is Socialism. If you have been paying attention, the Left wants to impose a salary cap on all of us.


17 posted on 11/22/2011 12:32:39 PM PST by gusty
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The owners want to regulate the free market for labor in their industry.

It's not a free market. It's a league. And it depends on being competitive. Therefore, it is perfectly reasonable for them to set salary caps, as other sports do. It's no different than having rules for what kind of car a NASCAR driver can drive.

18 posted on 11/22/2011 12:33:10 PM PST by Huck (LIBERTY is the object.)
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To: gusty

lol. Go ahead and rest. You sound like you need it.


19 posted on 11/22/2011 12:33:45 PM PST by Huck (LIBERTY is the object.)
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To: Hegewisch Dupa

What your saying is, is that the Pirates and the Royals are too big to fail.


20 posted on 11/22/2011 12:34:09 PM PST by gusty
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