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Would you like to tell me how if everyone in 1918 wore masks that the Spanish Flu would not have been so bad? It seems like you also have a substantial disregard for history.

Yes, the world is the same as it was 130 years ago. Baseball is consumed the exact same way. There is no difference between 1890 baseball and 2020 baseball.

I like following former Sox MiLBer Jeremy Barfield: I shouldn’t be surprised the @Athletics are being cheapskates. I had to BUY my first TEAM-ISSUED equipment bag. Gets better. They tried to take it back at the end of Instructional League! “Ted Mart” waited til I was on the field to go in my locker & grab it. I still got the bag 12 years later! f***ers wrote VAN on it to make it look like it belonged to the @vancanadians. Good thing I keep my receipts! Thanks for the memories @Athletics A's trainer responds with: @DontcallmeWhity @vancanadians and @Athletics We haven’t had that policy in over 6yrs. And, TedMart doesn’t work for the A’s anymore. But I do remember bringing you down a bunch of food and snacks when you were in the DR. That seemed kinda nice. Barfield responded with: I was forced to go to Dominican Instructional League for 3 weeks & was paid a grand total of $21.37. The fact that you had to bring muscle milk from the states to supplement my diet (thanks again btw) proves my point. Bunk beds & s*** food for 400 pesos per week. Not nice. Just a reminder that not every ballplayer right now is enjoying a 100M contract.

That was 130 years ago.

It's fun watching the reruns of the 2003 WS on the Marlins channel, but I want some live baseball. Even an intrasquad spring training scrimmage. Something...

Good. They were still ownership though. I root for the players, not the owners. Sullivan then further earned the wrath of Red Sox Nation after the 1978 season when he allowed legendary pitcher Luis Tiant to leave for the Yankees as a free agent and, as he had done with Jenkins, Carbo and the others, dumped a clubhouse dissident, lefty pitcher Bill Lee, in a giveaway trade—in this case, to the Montreal Expos. In 1979, he raised eyebrows when he selected his son Marc Sullivan, who was not considered to have early-round talent, in the second round of baseball's amateur draft; the younger Sullivan would bat a paltry .186 in parts of five major league seasons.[10] In December 1980, Sullivan faced the imminent free agency of Rick Burleson, Carlton Fisk and Fred Lynn—Boston's starting shortstop, catcher and center fielder, and the "up the middle" core of the ball club. The three players, represented by agent Jeremy Kapstein, had been embroiled in a contract dispute with the team in 1976, the first year of free agency, and hard feelings still lingered between them and owners Sullivan and Mrs. Yawkey. Sullivan was able to trade Burleson for value (young third baseman Carney Lansford and relief pitcher Mark Clear), but then failed to mail contract offers to Lynn and Fisk by MLB's mandated deadline, triggering binding arbitration and unintentionally speeding their free agency. Sullivan was forced to accept fifty cents on the dollar for Lynn in a trade to the California Angels, who then signed him to a multi-year contract, and then lost Fisk outright when the arbitrator declared him a free agent.[11] Fisk then played the rest of his Baseball Hall of Fame career as a member of the Chicago White Sox, retiring in 1993.

I grew up wanting to be Jim Rice or Dwight Evans, not Lou Gorman or Haywood Sullivan.

I love baseball. I miss not having NESN. I just want it back in any capacity, even a reduced schedule or weird playoff structure. I think it would be good for the national psyche and great for the game overall. If the first major professional sporting event is a football game, it'll be another nail in the coffin for MLB.

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.

And he's getting a ton of s*** online from entitled fans saying "you play a kids game" which is the dumbest argument of all time. They play a kids game that millions of people watch and spend a ton of money on. It's entertainment. Nobody calls for television actors to be paid less. Nobody calls for musicians to be paid less. It's no different. The players are much more like you and me. The owners are not.

No, they should have traded him 5+ years ago.

Anyway, here's Kevin Pillar's thoughts on the situation: 65% of players in the MLB make a million dollars or less.. just room for thought Not a for sure thing you get two consecutive years, can be shuttled between minors/majors. Also their is a thing called tax, federal and every state you play in. Agency fees, plus living expenses. Guys work their whole life for that opportunity players have a shelf life whether they like it or not. Owners do not. Players are what saved America once, and we can do it again. Fair is fair Its about honor a contract that players committed to. I’m held responsible for rent in Boston because I signed a contract. A global pandemic didn’t get me out of writing a check every month despite not being there No we are all privileged, don’t assume any risk, all live the lifestyle of the rich and famous, and don’t work hard. Minor league players have it made, especially this year when teams are deciding not to pay them.Everything just feel in our lap.. praise the lord #Sarcasm Please don’t considering me flying around the country, interacting with many people everyday, and just wanting to come home to my wife and kids praying the don’t get sick. No risk on my end. Or just don’t see my family &explain to my 2 year old baseball and work is more important No risk cause we teleport to the field everyday. I don’t live in a bubble. I know how tough and how hard people work to survive. I have hard working parents, brother, friends and in laws. I get how fortunate I am to play baseball for a living bit I also know how much I’ve sacrificed and how much work I’ve put in to reaching...

He's apparently the sports reporter for HuffPo.

The reasonable compromise is: pay players based on the % of a season played (if 81 games, pay players 50% of their contract) and allow players to opt out of the season at no pay if they desire.

^^^ Love to be a billionaire who never takes any risks with my investments. Can only make money each year, never lose it! Let the employees take it on the chin!

These poor billionaires. Really hurting right now!

Yup. It’ll be like the year they played with scabs.

AAAA players most likely.

Owners would pay less by using MiLB guys.

My guess is any agreement would include language about players being allowed to sit out.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/a-conversation-with-1990s-slugger-reggie-jefferson/ Interview with THE Reggie Jefferson.

My favorite summer ever was when my parents bought us season tickets to the PAWSOX. I'm pretty sure it was the 1990 season when thinking about the autographed balls and bats I have at home. One game, I won the trivia answer and got a case of coke, an oil change and a seat warmer. My dad left the seat warmer at the last game of the year on accident.

Rest In Pieces.

I agree. It's not a good look for the owners. They don't pay the MiLB players enough as is.

The Appalachian League is going to die. Maybe all sort season leagues go away or are just pushed to ST facilities.