Enjoy Baseball While You Can
Oct 11, 2026 · 57 min · 7 segments
After some wistful baseball talk, we discuss…
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Oct 11, 2026 · 57 min · 7 segments
After some wistful baseball talk, we discuss…
Um, and [laughs] the reality is, um, even through a pretty exciting post-season, which we've been talking about, actually is a kind of a c- counter-narrative to competitive balance, all of that stuff, um- They are headed pretty squarely by all experts involved towards a lockout, I think that would kick in on December 2nd, if all goes to schedule.
Um, and, uh, this is, we talked about this many times over the last couple years.
Baseball's on a bit of a heater, right? Like, so it's had, uh, its financial health has been very good on all fronts, uh, here for a bit of a stretch.
Uh, and they are screaming here towards the wall, and starting to hear some kind of nutty different things and, you know, about as they prepare and what possible ways through.
But we are headed to major labor strife basically as soon as the postseason ends.
They're, they're, they're determined to ruin their momentum, [laughs] yeah, uh, with this strike.
We're gonna cite a couple of them here, but, uh, right this minute, a second, I, the first one we have is from Yahoo Sports, "MLB sends memo to owners, executives ex- ex- outlining how they should act and operate during the looming lockout" by Chris Cwik, I guess, Cwik, Cwik, C-W-I-K, um, October 8th.
Um, so [laughs] they s- they actually drafted a 34-page memo for this, um, that y- that has some very, very specific rules about how they, how, what should happen during the lockout.
And the, the general gist of it, by the way, obviously, is that the CBA's expiring and they've made, you know, no advances.
The, the, the huge looming issue is what the owners always want, which is a salary cap, and of course, the players don't want a salary cap.
If I had to bet, I'd bet no, [laughs] you know? 'Cause at, at the end of the day, the, the owners aren't gonna wanna lose an entire season, I don't think.
I think they're not gonna get it, and the owners will cave, and they'll come to some agreement, and the season will start on time.
I think they will come up, I think that they will nibble around the edges and we will get a slight tightening of the, um, well, what do they call it?
Like, I think we'll get some steps down the road further to a salary cap, maybe call it, you know, salary cap light or something like that, and that'll be, and they'll, you know, one of those negotiation where no one's happy, but they, they do, uh, make sure opening day stays on track.
Um, and [laughs] the reality is, um, even through a pretty exciting post-season, which we've been talking about, actually is a kind of a c- counter-narrative to competitive balance, all of that stuff, um- They are headed pretty squarely by all experts involved towards a lockout, I think that would kick in on December 2nd, if all goes to schedule.
Um, and, uh, this is, we talked about this many times over the last couple years.
Baseball's on a bit of a heater, right? Like, so it's had, uh, its financial health has been very good on all fronts, uh, here for a bit of a stretch.
Uh, and they are screaming here towards the wall, and starting to hear some kind of nutty different things and, you know, about as they prepare and what possible ways through.
But we are headed to major labor strife basically as soon as the postseason ends.
They're, they're, they're determined to ruin their momentum, [laughs] yeah, uh, with this strike.
We're gonna cite a couple of them here, but, uh, right this minute, a second, I, the first one we have is from Yahoo Sports, "MLB sends memo to owners, executives ex- ex- outlining how they should act and operate during the looming lockout" by Chris Cwik, I guess, Cwik, Cwik, C-W-I-K, um, October 8th.
Um, so [laughs] they s- they actually drafted a 34-page memo for this, um, that y- that has some very, very specific rules about how they, how, what should happen during the lockout.
And the, the general gist of it, by the way, obviously, is that the CBA's expiring and they've made, you know, no advances.
The, the, the huge looming issue is what the owners always want, which is a salary cap, and of course, the players don't want a salary cap.
If I had to bet, I'd bet no, [laughs] you know? 'Cause at, at the end of the day, the, the owners aren't gonna wanna lose an entire season, I don't think.
I think they're not gonna get it, and the owners will cave, and they'll come to some agreement, and the season will start on time.
I think they will come up, I think that they will nibble around the edges and we will get a slight tightening of the, um, well, what do they call it?
Like, I think we'll get some steps down the road further to a salary cap, maybe call it, you know, salary cap light or something like that, and that'll be, and they'll, you know, one of those negotiation where no one's happy, but they, they do, uh, make sure opening day stays on track.
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