Today, March 8, 2022, will forever be remembered as a very big day in baseball history … one way or another. Late Monday evening, it was widely reported that Major League Baseball – i.e., MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and team owners – offered the MLB Players Association a new Collective Bargaining Agreement proposal that includes […]
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“We Are Deadlocked”
March 7th, 2022 at 8:00 am 
by Ron Cervenka Despite the hopes, wishes, and prayers of baseball fans around the globe, Sunday’s negotiations between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association proved fruitless. Again. This time, however, Special Assistant, Baseball Operations Glen Caplin told reporters following the one hour and 40-minute session that the two sides were “deadlocked.” Here is his full quote: […]
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Finally Some Good Baseball News
March 6th, 2022 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka At a time when there isn’t much good baseball news to report, there was some on Saturday, albeit not on the Major League level. On Saturday evening, Dodgers Insider‘s Rowan Kavner posted this on Twitter: In the linked article, Kavner notes (verbatim): “Maddux Bruns, last year’s first-round selection, threw live batting practice on one field […]
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Kelly Makes Plea to Baseball Fans
March 5th, 2022 at 8:11 am by Ron Cervenka There isn’t a baseball fan on the planet who isn’t fed up with the (now) 94-day-old Major League Baseball lockout and the endless bickering between MLB and the MLB Players Association towards establishing a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. Well, guess what? There isn’t a player on the planet who isn’t fed up either. There also […]
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Same ‘Stuff’ – Different Day
March 4th, 2022 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka I guess it was too much to ask that there would be any progress in negotiations between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association towards a new Collective Bargaining Agreement when it was reported on Thursday that the two sides had resumed negotiations in New York; this after talks had broken off early Tuesday […]
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When Mike Trout Talks, People (Better) Listen
March 3rd, 2022 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka For those old enough to remember, there was an ad campaign back in the late ’70s and early 80s by a brokerage firm that was both very popular and very funny; so popular, in fact, that everybody knew their schtick: “When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen.” Thirty-year-old Future Hall of Fame outfielder Mike Trout rarely […]
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A Dark Day for Baseball
March 2nd, 2022 at 8:00 am by Ron Cervenka By now, every baseball fan on the planet is aware that negotiations between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association to establish a new Collective Bargaining Agreement have ended on less-than-favorable terms, with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announcing that the league is canceling the first two series of the 2022 regular season. “The calendar […]
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