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Well, sure, MLB negotiators want the lawsuit dropped. Baseball wants nothing to do with enforcing the letter of the law stipulating that revenue sharing money be spent “in an effort to improve its performance on the field," for reasons not the least of which is that by keeping that money out of the player market, it keeps player market costs down for everyone.

Heyman is still a hack, but ...

Quick, call for a congressional election right away!

I might ask you at this point to provide even one example of Florida teachers teaching sexual orientation and gender identity to 3rd grade or lower, but you're a congenital troll and nothing more, so never mind.

One bright red line is "anything that happens here in the USA". I thinking ATM networks goes down, other payment systems upended, electrical grid goes out, water treatment plants are breached and compromised. Of course there will be the inevitable claim of false flag, but we can't let that paralyze us at the moment of truth.

"She was born with a face ... that would let her get her way ..."

As much of a dilemma as there is regarding the no-fly zone, with no good clear option either way, remember that Russia's best interests are being served by our rejecting a no-fly zone, so really, no holy crap surprise there.

Another view: “OK, now it’s Players’ fault.”

The entire effort of the state of Florida is itself marginalizing gay people. Even if it doesn’t change a thing on the ground by outlawing something that’s not even happening anyway, the Florida right wingers in charge are sending a very clear message: we don’t want anything to do with you, gay people. We don’t wanna know about you.

If true, then holy shit. From the article: Remember how the MLBPA was expecting a full counterproposal to its Wednesday afternoon proposal? MLB came back, instead, with three options for how to table the draft conversation. They indicated that they would not talk about anything else until the MLBPA agreed to one of the three options. All those things that were close and could have been hammered out suddenly went out the window. The MLBPA came back with its own option. Manfred and his owners didn’t respond to that option. Instead, they canceled more games. No, really, that’s how it all went down, according to multiple reports. And that’s the stupidest thing of this whole stupid lockout. Seven more days and 93 more games were canceled because the MLB owners and MLB players could not agree on how to table an issue that both wanted to table. It boggles the mind. MLB could have just said, “You know what? We’re so close and we want baseball to start again, so let’s agree on everything else and we’ll take up this discussion when we’ve both have time to focus solely on this very complicated issue.” But that’s not what happened. The owners added strings. They refused to consider input from the other side. They told the players, “It’s one of our options or nothing.” And then, they canceled games. Again, because they couldn’t agree with the MLBPA on how to table the issue. I keep thinking that if I type that sentence over and over, it’ll make sense. They couldn’t agree on how to table an issue, so the owners canceled seven more days and 93 more games. Yep, this really is the stupidest moment of this whole stupid lockout, and I’m not sure there’s a close second.

I say that for its comic value. Whatever I do in the market, you should do the opposite.

Interesting how you established "better for the owners" and "better for the overall good of the game" as being opposites.

After hearing about the details of the MLB pitch clock proposal being 14 and 19 seconds, which pitchers definitely don't want, I was wondering whether MLB was leaking that as something to give away at the end to get the players to agree to lower than midpoint on CBT to seal the deal.

You got it all wrong, brother. Those people aren't bitching because the government is too involved in our lives—they're bitching because the government is too involved in their lives.

I just shifted a little money in XLE, so I recommend you get out immediately. 😜

Now that last part is an interesting one because I’ve speculated that once Roe gets overturned and states start banning abortions outright, some of them are going to put riders on their laws making it a felony to obtain or seek an abortion out of state, and will prosecute women when/if they come back.

That’s fine with DeSantis because Jesus is gonna come back any day now and if He sees any homos in Florida, He’s gonna be pissed.

That would happen if they could clearly see.

This seems to me like progress enough, Players. Sign the papers and hit the field!

I don’t see how there is even a parity problem given the fact 24 different teams have been in the playoffs since 2016. I also don’t see the difference between parity with a CBT in place and parity without a CBT in place. If there’s parity either way, then what’s the real problem?

Baseball evidently feels they can’t risk letting Players see whatever the reality of their financial situation is.

First of all, where did I claim it's a good thing? I don't recall making any value judgment about it. Can you please point out where I said this so I can address it? Thanks. Secondly, how do you know exactly how much money should be in the game and at what level it tips from being a good thing to becoming a bad thing? How do you know that the owners' CBT figure of $220MM is a good thing, but the Players' $238MM CBT is a bad thing? What number in between is that tipping point?

I don't know why people keep implying that all the union wants is to make the rich players richer at the expense of the guys on minimum when the record clearly shows that's not true. The union has been trying to bargain for a higher CBT and a substantially higher minimum salary and a high bonus pool for pre-arb players. They also wanted to expand arb to all two-year players and had to give that one away early on when they thought owners were bargaining in good faith. That looks to me like they'd like all players to get paid. I agree that rising free agent salaries do nothing immediately for guys on minimum, and I have said basically as much. I do believe rising free agent salaries help set the standard for other guys coming into free agency, and that it also helps set the market for arb-eligibles during their hearings. As for the Schoop anecdote, I can't speak to the job his own agent did in negotiating that contract, and in any event I did not say that salaries at all levels would go up in such a way as to maintain the same proportion they exist at now. I simply believe that in the case of discretionary baseball salaries, a rising tide lifts all boats, and I've explained how it might work in this instance: the more top salaries go up, the more they serve as a baseline for the salary discussions that come after it for other players, both free agency and arbitration. But if you don't believe that Rising Tide is even a thing, then that's a disconnect on a basic level, and we can just agree to disagree on this point. Unless you wanted to fight to the death on it instead? 🤼‍♂️😉

Bunker is an unserious troll, but I know it's fun to engage him sometimes, so I'ma do that here. Biden, Zelenskyy, and the Allies are winning the world's approval. Putin and Russia are losing and have become a pariah state. Even China is treading carefully here. You misspelled "Trump" at the end there. Hey, here's something Biden did something Trump didn't do: ban Russian oil! Why didn't Trump do that? Also not for nothing, you still haven't answered my thrice-asked question about what specific actions you think any American President, no matter who that might be, could have taken to effectively prevent Putin from invading Ukraine and avoiding war. So how about? Fourth time's a charm, hey, товарищ?