Thank you for a fair assessment. Your take is very refreshing because it is extremely rare. It is also the best way to look at it. Thank you very much.
Thank you for this! It seems most local, and now even national writers, want to pile on the owners. That's seems disingenuous to me. Although they shoulder plenty of blame all on their own, negotiations take two parties. This is a business deal...nothing more. Each wanting as much as possible regardless of the emotions.
In the end, yes, the fans lose. Baseball has had a good run of labor peace. This WILL pass...eventually. Sadly, it comes at a really bad time. The fabric of the game has changed so much in the past fifteen or so years. Analytics. Defensive Shifts. Pace of game. Cable cutters that can't watch their local team. The price of attending a game in person at a level many can't afford more than once or twice a season.
Given the animus between MLB & MLBPA, I’ll be surprised if there are before July. But, I do not agree with your assessment of Rob Manfred. He’s much more than just “the messenger”. From day one, he’s been a glory-hound, that has looked for any possible way to leave his mark on the game. He doesn’t care how bad it hurts the game, so long as he gets some credit. Tony Clark is no angel, either. He allowed the players to get screwed in the last CBA, and has been an agitated hothead from the day he was hired. As the leaders for both sides, they set the agenda. And at the current rate, both men are driving away long time fans, and certainly aren’t bringing in new ones. They both need to go.
Thank you for a fair assessment. Your take is very refreshing because it is extremely rare. It is also the best way to look at it. Thank you very much.
Thank you for this! It seems most local, and now even national writers, want to pile on the owners. That's seems disingenuous to me. Although they shoulder plenty of blame all on their own, negotiations take two parties. This is a business deal...nothing more. Each wanting as much as possible regardless of the emotions.
In the end, yes, the fans lose. Baseball has had a good run of labor peace. This WILL pass...eventually. Sadly, it comes at a really bad time. The fabric of the game has changed so much in the past fifteen or so years. Analytics. Defensive Shifts. Pace of game. Cable cutters that can't watch their local team. The price of attending a game in person at a level many can't afford more than once or twice a season.
There's a lot going on.
Until then, I'm following college baseball.
Given the animus between MLB & MLBPA, I’ll be surprised if there are before July. But, I do not agree with your assessment of Rob Manfred. He’s much more than just “the messenger”. From day one, he’s been a glory-hound, that has looked for any possible way to leave his mark on the game. He doesn’t care how bad it hurts the game, so long as he gets some credit. Tony Clark is no angel, either. He allowed the players to get screwed in the last CBA, and has been an agitated hothead from the day he was hired. As the leaders for both sides, they set the agenda. And at the current rate, both men are driving away long time fans, and certainly aren’t bringing in new ones. They both need to go.