Why are they not playing baseball ?

[LincolnVT]

I heard that they were upset about cards being too expensive.

[shagrotn77]

Baseball is the only sport that basically forecasts a lockout or strike at the end of a CBA and does zero to stop it. I've always found this to be maddening. The players were completely uncompromising 2 years ago when the owners were trying to schedule a season while Covid was in its infancy. They continue to ask for more and want to do less. And Tony Clark has become the new Donald Fehr in that he's doing his best to destroy the game that so many of us love. The owners aren't blameless, of course, but they always seem more willing to compromise than the players do. On a side note, I sure hope the runner at 2B to start extra innings is going away as they said it would. That's slow pitch softball crap that has no place in MLB.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by shagrotn77

On a side note, I sure hope the runner at 2B to start extra innings is going away as they said it would.

I hope so too. There are no words for how much I hate that rule! It completely ruined extra inning games for me.

[insidethewrapper]

2b to start an inning is total crap.

It's funny the players making millions of dollars, want the Home Run ball they hit given back to them by the fans etc ( for nothing). OK, they give a bat and sign it ( nothing out of the pocket ). Max is making over $ 1 million per game pitched. These guys now only pitch about 32 games a year (5-7 innings ea) .

Talk about competitive teams. when I grew up Detroit never had a chance, it was always the NY Yankees, year after year, and KC would give them any player they wanted. Was that the good old days, when only a couple of team could win the World Series, now many teams have won in the 21st Century.