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I haven't followed the upcoming Lockout until the last few days. The more I'm reading about it the more I'm convinced their might not be a 2027 baseball season. The owners want a salary cap, the players don't. I don't see how this can be worked out. Bryce Harper has already said he doesn'r expect baseball to be played in 2027. Another baseball expert has said on Youtube that is the lockout isn't settled by June 15, 2027 there won't be baseball season in 2027.

It didn’t even look overly violent to the point you would think he really hurt himself

I hope Campbell is ok

Lions have suffered some serious injuries in this game. Brian Branch, DJ Wonnum and now the biggest one.. Jack Campbell (and that one he was not moving his legs at all). Prayers to them

Those charges certainly aren’t added on in Chicago, or I’m guessing Illinois in general. And in Chicago, the arrest will generally denote their birthplace, not whether legal or otherwise.

A ly of insiders thought losing him after the 83 season was a huge reason for a dead 84 even though he was technically replaced with Tom Seaver. RIP.

Good career and a veteran leader of the 1983 team. RIP

He took a 1970s/80s-era generic baseball stadium design that was intended for suburban Addison and just had it plopped down at 35th & Shields and then made sure there were 3 luxury levels between the lower and upper deck. Looking bad, it's astounding how badly they messed up New Comiskey v1.0. At least they did an admirable job in renovating the place over 20 years ago. But some of the design flaws are baked in and can't be fixed by some more renovations.

He was definitely closest to Selig at that time... https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/08/20/reinsdorf-to-blame/ "OK. Since last Aug. 12, the Sox have traded away Jack McDowell’s $5 million salary; failed to re-sign Julio Franco and Darrin Jackson, both of whom had hefty salaries in 1994; declined to pursue any legitimate and therefore costly talent on the free-agent market (compare Cleveland’s rather different approach to the ’95 season); traded away Jim Abbott’s $3 million salary; and tried desperately to trade away Robin Ventura’s $5 million salary." Interesting thing is that he was also quoted in August 1994 as coming off push for a resolution without a cap.

Echo both of you.

I believe every step was calculated and planned. I could easy see the owners agreeing that a team owner with a serious chance to win a World Series after such a drought was the perfect front man. The owner with the most to lose had to be the face. Whether he volunteered or was voluntold may never be known.

I'm guessing you studied psychology.

Ironic that he stands to make another $600 million having very little now personally to do with these labor negotiations...if they do get that salary cap imposed (eventually).

Yeah I agree. I don’t think he was duped whatsoever. He just put his priorities on the table for everyone to see.

Duped? What makes you think it hasn't been his top goal for decades to break the union? He whines about the baseball pay structure all of the time. Far from duped, I'd bet Jerry volunteered as tribute for this job.

When they are arrested their immigration status is noted, often those charges are added on.

That's been the usual findings here in Texas. Folks are trying to earn some money, send it home, and not draw attention to themselves. They ate also much less likely to report a crime that is committed against them. They are often targeted for that reason.

They’re not, it’s all smoke and mirrors.

I'm convinced that 94 team would have won the World Series that year. Ironic that JR was the front man for that strike.

I agree, Jaylon Johnson looks like he has lost a step.

JR being duped by the owners into being the frontman for the '94-95 strike should be a studied industry standard like The Hawthorne Studies is to productivity or Pavlov is to classical conditioning. What an idiot.

I assumed he was talking about Chicago since that’s where he’s from. You’re also referencing an article from 2020. In any case, if they are undocumented, how could it even be tracked accurately?

They are awful but Wilson is legit and essengue looks like he could be something - has shown a lot of potential on D. Roster is so bad though. I’ll wait a while before I jump to any conclusions on Splitter.