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    Burying the lede on the David Wells blurb.... Dude was either still drunk or very hungover the day he threw that perfect game. And it was a beanie baby giveaway day!
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    I’d take that bet. Supply and demand. How many professional sports teams are available for purchase? Maybe 1 every 4-5 years? $1 billion, easily.
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    https://twitter.com/thomasboswellwp/status/1272511988795682816?s=21
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    Agreed. That is the risk MLB took by waiting this long. We’ve run out of time to have anything more than the 50 game season now. When is Manfred going to make the announcement?
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    5 offers with the same end result for the players. Making between 33-36% of the salaries they would make in a normal year. Just presented in different ways. The owners really don’t want to have a season and it shows. I concur with Tom, all we’re going to get is a mandated 48-50 game schedule. What a shame.
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    Worst case, if this whole professional thing doesn’t work out for him, he’ll be the GOAT in any slow pitch softball league!
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    If it’s going to be just 50 games then let’s truly make this an experimental season... Robot umps, automated strike zones, pitch clock, etc. Let’s implement all of the ideas that have been tossed around the last couple of years and see what actually works.
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    I learned that with the new CBA, players have little to no leverage to hold out anymore. So this is pretty much an empty threat. In order for the last season of his contract to accrue, he needs to attend training camp and play in a minimum of 6 games. If he skips training camp and plays in the minimum 6 games he will be an RFA instead of unrestricted. Which, honestly, would be ideal if he ended up as an RFA. Slap a 1st or 2nd round tender on him and get compensation back if he signs elsewhere. I subscribe to the belief that smart teams should continue to cycle through RBs on rookie contracts, and let them go when it's time to pay a lengthy extension. If Dalvin indeed sits out the first 10 games of the season, we have a capable committee to pick up the slack with Mattison and Boone. I hope Rick plays hard ball and doesn't make the mistake of giving him a lengthy extension. A stud RB is not needed in a Kubiak offense. Average RBs have produced monster seasons in his scheme for years.
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    Agreed. I was listening to Gleeman and the Geek last night and think the timeline they mentioned on their podcast resembles yours. - Gotta come to an agreement this week if there will be a season or not. - One week to arrange travel for international players to get back to the team facilities. - 2-3 week Spring Training 2.0. Gleeman said that Wes Johnson needs 20 days to get the pitchers ramped up enough to pitch without fear of immediate injury. - Opening Day the week following 4th of July weekend.
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    Nevermind. I got fooled by how the owners are splicing up the funds. All they’ve been doing is repackaging the same proposal over and over again.
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    Here’s an excellent thread that lays out the difference between the latest proposals over the last couple of weeks. The latest proposal of 76 games for the first time gives me hope the owners actually want to negotiate.
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    This has to be the week to come to an agreement. Otherwise there’s simply not enough time to get this done.
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    Lol yep! Only I alone get to decide what’s right and what’s wrong in this country. Drew Brees thinks kneeling = disrespecting the flags and troops. His teammates, the people he spends a vast majority of his time with, used kneeling to bring awareness to police brutality on black people. He took the symbol BLM used to peacefully protest and made it about himself and his beliefs. The timing of his comments are bad. His comments were insensitive and dismissive of what’s going on in the world.
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    What’s the cut off age when you’re supposed to know what’s appropriate and what’s not? I’m 30. Am I in the group with Drew Brees who should know better? Or am I in Max Kepler’s group who can post something stupid then backtrack saying I don’t know politics ✌️
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    His opinion doesn't matter because it's wrong. I didn't think this was hard to understand. Athletes have been saying for years exactly why they kneel during the national anthem. It's his fault for not listening.
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    Drew Brees got destroyed because he once again took kneeling at the national anthem as disrespecting the flag and troops. Same stance he took in 2016. When he’s been told countless times kneeling is representing the police brutality against black people. He’s a white guy who’s way too comfortable in his bubble and refused to listen and learn from others. Drew Brees with his family history gets to weave this patriotic story of what the flag means to him. And he’s ignorant of the fact that many people look at that same flag and see something completely different. He needs to open up his eyes and realize his grandpa didn’t have the same experience coming home from the war as others.
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    This is a great read. It’s not in their paywall so everyone can read it.
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    Now we’re getting somewhere!
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    And keep coming back to reply! Strange times we live in, I tell you what.
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    I’m not reading anything in the OP that would be considered click bait or causing a divide. It’s only being done by people in the comments section. If this topic is getting people that upset, I ask why? Is it hitting too close to home when they look in the mirror? If so, I think it’s time to make that realization and change for the better.
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    This article sure got a lot of posters to come out of the shadows to post, eh? For the stick to sports crowd on here, there’s plenty of opportunity to do so. I’m scrolling through the first page of Front Page articles... Other than the article discussing money between players vs. owners, no other article has generated even a page worth of replies. This article has almost 5 pages’ worth in 12 hours. Do you really just want to stick to sports? Here’s your opportunity to talk about Taylor Rogers for the 25th time this offseason!
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    Kudos to the Pohlads for doing this. It’s not often I compliment them but this is deserved.
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    I read Premier League is also being played without fans. So why is it only MLB owners complaining about not being able to afford their expenses? I’m also seeing individual teams agreeing to percentage pay cuts during times when they weren’t playing games. Much different than ordering league wide cuts for all teams that MLB owners are proposing. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1273846/Premier-League-clubs-pay-cuts-wage-deferrals-coronavirus
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