New CBA negotiations

[Irrelevant Dude]

Harold Reynolds is on MLB Network calling for extending the deadline by a few hours to "get a deal done." Someone break it to Harold that they aren't that close.

[squally1313]

How much money do owners make from MLB The Show?

[UMFan83]

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Maybe I was naïve, but when the lockout started I thought no way would they let it get to the point where games would get canceled. A damn shame. horsefeathers the Owners.

[Cubswin11]

Lol. One golf podcast I listen to said he was suppose to be in Florida this week for some pro-am/charity type event and he canceled last minute because of negotiations and he’s played in it for like a decade. So at least we know he’s miserable.

Edited March 1, 2022 by Cubswin11

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becoming increasingly clear that baseball died after 2016 Edited March 1, 2022 by 17 Seconds

[Irrelevant Dude]

Good thing Marquee Network has so much quality alternate programming.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Harold Reynolds is embarrassing himself on MLB Network.

[UMFan83]

Maybe I was naïve, but when the lockout started I thought no way would they let it get to the point where games would get canceled. A damn shame. horsefeathers the Owners.

 

I always figured it was a possibility given all the labor strife the last few years and the fact that the last 2 CBAs have been extremely owner friendly. The players association was always going to look at this as their stand.

[UMFan83]

Good thing Marquee Network has so much quality alternate programming.

 

Women's tennis, A10 basketball and the same 4 documentaries they've been running since launch. Oh and the Wrigley Field/Ricketts slobfest

[Derwood]

This is on Rob Manfred. His job as commissioner is to get both sides to the table early and often. Say what you will about Roger Goodell, but there has never been a missed game on his watch

[Cubswin11]

This is on Rob Manfred. His job as commissioner is to get both sides to the table early and often. Say what you will about Roger Goodell, but there has never been a missed game on his watch

Commissioners largely are puppets and carrying out the wishes of owners, I really don’t know how much power they truly have. This is all on owners, imo. Not defending Manfred by any means but it’s not like he has autonomy to make a deal, the owners suck and he’s just a face/extension of them and they clearly don’t want to cut a deal outside of their extreme terms.

[CubinNY]

This is on Rob Manfred. His job as commissioner is to get both sides to the table early and often. Say what you will about Roger Goodell, but there has never been a missed game on his watch

Commissioners largely are puppets and carrying out the wishes of owners, I really don’t know how much power they truly have. This is all on owners, imo. Not defending Manfred by any means but it’s not like he has autonomy to make a deal, the owners suck and he’s just a face/extension of them and they clearly don’t want to cut a deal outside of their extreme terms.

They choose him to break/weaken the union. He was among their top lawyers before they made him commissioner. He's doing his job.

[UMFan83]

 

Cubs will lose:

 

3 @ Cincinnati

2 vs. St. Louis

Edited March 1, 2022 by UMFan83

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oh no

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Cubs will lose:

 

3 @ Cincinnati

2 vs. St. Louis

4 vs. Milwaukee

2 @ Pittsburgh

4 @ Colorado

 

Sucks, we lose 6 home games against teams we'd be theoretically be competing with in the division (ill let you decide how much we are competing thisyear) and then maybe 2 of our easiest road series of the season.

 

am i missing something? it says first 2 series

[UMFan83]

 

Cubs will lose:

 

3 @ Cincinnati

2 vs. St. Louis

4 vs. Milwaukee

2 @ Pittsburgh

4 @ Colorado

 

Sucks, we lose 6 home games against teams we'd be theoretically be competing with in the division (ill let you decide how much we are competing thisyear) and then maybe 2 of our easiest road series of the season.

 

am i missing something? it says first 2 series

 

Yeah you are missing my terrible reading comprehension. Ok just @ Cincinnati and vs. St louis

[jersey cubs fan]

oh no

[Irrelevant Dude]

I'm not even clear what happens in the hypothetical scenario where a deal is reached later this week and we end up with only 2 series cancelled. Does MLB simply lop off that portion of the schedule, creating schedule imbalances between teams, or do they cause chaos by creating an entirely new schedule? Or maybe option #3, extend the season a week and move the first two series to the end?

 

My guess would be that option #3 would be on the table only for the immediate future, but as we get further along then the second option becomes the only one that is really viable.

[Bertz]

Yeah I still tend to think the plan is to let the deadline pass, give it a few days to a week to see if the PA cracks, and then actually negotiate. But I guess we'll know a week from now how naive that is

 

Still feels like this is the play, particularly since they cancelled two series than something less specific and more ongoing.

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I think you meant “very bottom of our consideration list”, Rob.

[UMFan83]

I'm not even clear what happens in the hypothetical scenario where a deal is reached later this week and we end up with only 2 series cancelled. Does MLB simply lop off that portion of the schedule, creating schedule imbalances between teams, or do they cause chaos by creating an entirely new schedule? Or maybe option #3, extend the season a week and move the first two series to the end?

 

My guess would be that option #3 would be on the table only for the immediate future, but as we get further along then the second option becomes the only one that is really viable.

 

It was reported earlier this week that they would just lop off those series and play the rest of the schedule but I guess that could change if it was only a weeks worth of games cancelled.

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[UMFan83]

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The funny thing is that if what he’s saying what true he would have been out of a job a few years ago