MLB Lockout Thread

[Tony-OH]

 

 

2 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

Here’s the thing that bugs me here.

Ortiz, using him as an example, said he is not against the draft but wants it figured out and done right.

The worry for those guys is that the sport, which means so much to the country, dies off if you do this.  

Whether or not they are right is up for debate but it makes sense to say, let’s figure this out and make sure everyone is happy here.

This seems like an overall silly thing to stop you from having games.  I’m not trying to act like the Latin players are wrong but I tend to agree with Tony when I say, they shouldn’t have any say in this.  These aren’t players in the union.  
 

I think there should be some kind of a compromise here where you can get this done and someone like David Ortiz is a front man in all of it to make sure the kids get taken care of.

Seems like this is a bit rushed and no one knows how to properly do it, so it’s holding everything up.

It's reasonable to ask that this process take some time to make sure things are done right. 

But of course it's silly to cancel games over this. But neither the owners or MLBPA care about having games at this point. It's about winning at all costs to them both.

[interloper]

18 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

 

 

It's reasonable to ask that this process take some time to make sure things are done right. 

But of course it's silly to cancel games over this. But neither the owners or MLBPA care about having games at this point. It's about winning at all costs to them both.

Except for the players it's about winning for thousands of future players and up and coming guys in the game over the next decade. For the owners it's just about 30 guys getting more rich. 

[orioles119]

I hope they have a deal soon - I'm getting sick and tired of seeing the seedy underbelly of Twitter nonstop.  Some people are certainly brave behind a keyboard that's for sure.

[Sports Guy]

 

[waroriole]

 

[eddie83]

5 minutes ago, waroriole said:

 

Let’s hope this is the start of a good day. 

[Sports Guy]

Ok…now, let’s get these numbers figured the F out and get going.

[Yardball85]

14 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Ok…now, let’s get these numbers figured the F out and get going.

FACTS.  LFG.  If this was truly the biggest "roadblock," you'd think they'd have an agreement by mid afternoon. 

[waroriole]

18 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Ok…now, let’s get these numbers figured the F out and get going.

There’s very little separating them at this point. Pre-arb pool difference is less than the cost of a premium FA over 5 years. 

[Sports Guy]

And btw, despite the newly “canceled” games, apparently they can still play 162 games.  
 

MLB is like the parent who tells their kid that they will lose their video games if they don’t get good grades but when the grades suck, you let him keep the video games.

These deadlines aren’t and grand proclamations can’t be taken seriously.

[Ripken]

 

[Yardball85]

Just now, Ripken said:

 

LETS GO!

[Can_of_corn]

10 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

And btw, despite the newly “canceled” games, apparently they can still play 162 games.  
 

MLB is like the parent who tells their kid that they will lose their video games if they don’t get good grades but when the grades suck, you let him keep the video games.

These deadlines aren’t and grand proclamations can’t be taken seriously.

Of course they can.  I called BS when they "canceled" games in the first place.  Might see some more 7 inning double headers and a WS game in November but they can do it if they want to.

[Sports Guy]

 

[Sports Guy]

17 minutes ago, Yardball85 said:

LETS GO!

Correa could be an Oriole by tomorrow!  lol