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The MLB owners are the only professional sports ownership group that seem deadset on killing their relationship with their labor pool. Hell, the NFL owners don't guarantee their labor pool their salaries and have a better relationship with their players than MLB and the MLBPA. From the outside the owners wanting to rule over the players and combined with so many owners wanting to spend as little as possible that is the most greedy thing about these negotianegotiations. The players have played the last 3ish years under a CBA designed for the past. Maximized for older players, and those coming off strong pre-arb years. But the game changed and GM got smarter and stopped wanting to pay older players for what they did. The CBT argument from the players seems to be aimed at trying to get the middle of the road players more money since they are the ones getting effed by the current CBA. But of course paint the players as greedy.

I am now a dumber person for reading this.

Kwesi breaking out that Cousins shines "When the odds are shifted in his favor."

Yeah, I really liked both seasons of the Witcher.

The Spielman and Zimmer regime gave the Vikings a level of competency that wasn't there before they got to Minnesota. But like everyone says the stagnation, the stubbornness, and poor coaching needed to go. Especially with what O'Neil and Kendricks said after Zimmer was let go about the communication and culture Zimmer created solidified the need for them to let go.

Spider-Man was great. A little downer of an ending, but eh. I can't say I've seen the original West Side Story, but did see something online about the new movie not using Spanish subtitle as a form of respect. That seemed a little too much.

Long term solutions? Almost no team has long term solutions, thus the big deals for FA pitchers.

Greg Coleman, is that you?

The Stroman deal really sucks as a wins fan. Not terrible yearly average and only 3 years. His on field talent plus attitude would have been awesome.

Satire maybe the weapon of the powerless, but the subconscious of many working-class Americans is the weapon of the rich.

I'll always remember Rosario getting ejected.

These minor leaguers will never learn how to budget now.

At this point rpr is just trolling.

Rosario was so sought after at the trade deadline that the Braves traded the desiccated corpse of Pablo Sandoval to get him. ?

I would hate to see how many homeruns Jax, Barnes and Ober would have given up without Simmons and his magical glove at SS.

Neifi Perez from the 2002 Royals had one of the worst seasons ever with an OPS+ of 45.5. Simmons was 57, he was horrendous this year. Whether judging him by his batting average or number of COVID infections.

Gibault, the love the Twins will never truly know. ?

These athletes are supposed to train, eat well and be ready to play. When was the last time you went to the grocery store? That **** is expensive. Your lack of of understanding what actual living wages are is sad. These wages suck and do not place these athletes in the best position to succeed. Your lack of any awareness about that aspect is alarming. Let them live 5 deep in a ****hole, who cares? They can go work at McDonalds. Why try to create an environment that lets people succeed. I’m sure that will have no barring on the future of MLB.

The fact that we as Americans seem to be fine with companies treating their employees like crap, I think is one of the underlying reasons why MLB has been able to treat their minor leaguers so poorly. For those that are fine with the way the minor leaguers are treated, and you're fine with them being paid so poorly are you OK with the fact that teams are not putting them in the best possible position to succeed?

The defense knew Cleveland was going to run and couldn't do squat to stop the Browns. It should have been a two touchdown game if Mayfield didn't suck. Any why doesn't Blake Lynch tuck in his damn shirt either?!

With Cook back, do the Vikings go back to the horrid, one dimensional play calling?

I’m not sure signing a 32 year old, who will be 33 when the season starts pitcher who just posted a career low K% and velocity, who also missed a lot of time with nagging injuries is adding stability.

That is discernibly false, yes, with the variants the vaccines especially the mRNA vaccines are not as great at preventing spread as they were initially but they still do prevent spread in those are fully vaccinated. It isn’t 100%, but the mRNA vaccines do slow the spread. Whether due to lower viral load in the fully vaccinated person, they would be less likely to spread to others.

Wow, just wow. Blaming the poor minor leaguers for bad budgeting. Why do billionaire owners get such a pass from fans? For the cost of a rule 5 drafted player or two, an MLB team could help subsidize a huge chunk of rent for their players.

So, being a Vikings fan I’m just waiting for Cousins to turn back into a pumpkin.