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Unlock with PatreonZooming in on MLB’s new rule changes
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Reader mailbag: Free agents, the Atlantic League, and origin stories
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MLB teams are being cheap, and it’s radicalizing young players
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Bryce Harper lacks the power for his Mike Trout comments to truly tamper with the Angels
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MLB’s handling of Larry Baer’s domestic assault will tell us much about MLB
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MLBPA support for minor leaguers is both right and necessary
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Labor peace is a lie, pt. 6: MLB’s players are finally angry again
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Over the last few few weeks, I’ve been emailing out sections of a larger story, titled “Labor peace is a lie.” Here’s part six, the conclusion, on the players starting to get angry and get (re)organized. If you missed any of the other five parts, you can find them here.
The players are finally realizing their mistake
While enough fans don’t seem to care about present-day labor issues in MLB, the players certainly do. What has been a less and less effective union as time has gone on is now seemingly galvanized by consecutive horrible offseasons, to the point where players like Kenley Jansen and Adam Wainwright are openly talking about striking years before the MLBPA can legally stage one.*
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2019’s service time manipulation is already here
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Labor peace is a lie, pt. 5: Rob Manfred and the rise of tanking
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Over the next few weeks, I’ll be publishing sections of a larger story, titled “Labor peace is a lie.” Here’s part five (of six), on Rob Manfred and fans choosing owners over players. If you missed any of the other five parts, you can find them here.
Rob Manfred takes control while the MLBPA loses it
Rob Manfred is the current commissioner of baseball, but like his predecessor Bud Selig, his early work came on the labor scene. He was outside counsel for MLB during the 1994-1995 labor battle, and by 1998, Manfred was the Executive Vice President of Economics and League Affairs. He negotiated the first drug-testing agreement between MLB and the MLBPA, and was MLB’s lead negotiator for the collective bargaining agreements of 2002, 2006, and 2011 before becoming COO in 2013. He was also the head of MLB’s Biogenesis investigation, which, if you remember your recent history, involved MLB maybe obstructing a federal investigation just so they could get enough (stolen) dirton Alex Rodriguez that Selig could extend his victory lap into his final year as MLB commissioner.
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