MLB Lockout Thread

[OriolesMagic83]

2 hours ago, waroriole said:

 

I would trust Zack Britton over John Heyman.  Especially since he's on the negotiation team.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

I would trust Zack Britton over John Heyman.  Especially since he's on the negotiation team.

They've got the same agent.

[OriolesMagic83]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

They've got the same agent.

Collusion!

[Sports Guy]

Still ongoing.  That’s good..at least I hope.

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Still ongoing.  That’s good..at least I hope.

Dan Halem is there, some folks view that as a good thing.  He's seems competent.

[Big Al]

2 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

Punish both sides?

If one side is being unreasonable (and it looks to me that one side is) why do you want to punish the other side? 

 

When a national institution with an antitrust exemption can't come to some sort of agreement to put a product on the field because millionaires are quibbling with billionaires, while people who actually work for a living have to fight to get a $15 an hour minimum wage, yes, I feel both sides should be punished.  

[Can_of_corn]

7 minutes ago, Big Al said:

When a national institution with an antitrust exemption can't come to some sort of agreement to put a product on the field because millionaires are quibbling with billionaires, while people who actually work for a living have to fight to get a $15 an hour minimum wage, yes, I feel both sides should be punished.  

So the players should just accept whatever offer the owners give them?

That's what your advocating for?

[Can_of_corn]

Meeting is over for today.

[Sports Guy]

 

[Sports Guy]

 

[spiritof66]

2 hours ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

I would trust Zack Britton over John Heyman.  Especially since he's on the negotiation team.

I definitely would trust Britton over Ubaldo.

[Can_of_corn]

19 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

I definitely would trust Britton over Ubaldo.

He did change him name, makes me think he's got something to hide.

[Sports Guy]

 

[Sports Guy]

 

[seak05]

1 hour ago, Big Al said:

When a national institution with an antitrust exemption can't come to some sort of agreement to put a product on the field because millionaires are quibbling with billionaires, while people who actually work for a living have to fight to get a $15 an hour minimum wage, yes, I feel both sides should be punished.  

Except most of the players aren't millionaires. The average career length is only 5.6 years, which under baseball's current system doesn't even get you to free agency. And the minimum salary in baseball is the lowest of any of the professional leagues (it's still a good salary, but it's not going to make you a millionaire, and your peak earning years are very few). And yet, you seem to want the players to capitulate to billionaire owners because the minimum wage overall in this country is to low.