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Good point. I was more focused on this year and the team's opportunity. But it's basically 2020 only it's the owners who should be wearing masks.

From behind the NYT paywall. China asked Russia to delay the invasion until after the winter Olympics.

Let's assume a 120 game or shorter season. It could help teams with older players who might avoid a stint on the injured list. But it could also help younger teams whose players could be ready quicker. Being short a starter would be more of a problem without some off days.

Exactly. I was thinking about 80% versus 20% and if he has as much control as we think. Imagine the shareholders voting him out as chair.

I wonder if the other Sox shareholders have gotten JR to chill? It would be interesting to know if there is a mechanism to vote him out as chair.

Nice to see us supplying Ukraine directly with Stinger missiles instead of through intermediaries.

Shareholder. We forget he owns less than 20% of the Sox.

Like I said Go Bernie Go - Feel the Bern

It looks like gains because the starting point is tipped so far in the owners favor. Walmart minimum wage should be $50,000.

I'm certain we're getting slanted news but it sure seems that Russia is targeting civilians.

Fixed

Not on the level it should.

Now look at all of the most profitable businesses in America and increase those salaries. Go Bernie Go

The Saudi golf league is crashing, they need to start a baseball league. Maybe eight to 12 teams. Rent some college stadiums. Hell I bet some of them MLB stadiums may have deals where they would be available.

Businesses around the stadiums, spring training and regular season, will be feeling this. There are so many people impacted by this.

Lol.

Just to toss a log on the fire. Baseball players are like the art history majors we laugh at who complain later they spent years developing a skill and now aren't being paid enough. The landscape hasn't changed. You invested your time and money into developing a set of skills that has a very finite number of employers. Go to college and get a degree so you can sell your skills to a multiple of employers.

There a thousands of golf courses they can work at as club pros.

Which is a limited job skill that literally they can't sell to anyone else. It really is stupid of them to put so much effort into a job that they can only do for a few years and will likely cause then to work for next to no money for years then be stuck at minimum wage for greedy bastards that treat them like hell while earning millions for themselves. I hope future players learn from this and find other career paths. When teams can't find employees willing to accept those jobs wages will increase.

Why isn't every business required to limit their profits and pay their employees a fair wage based on their profits. Walmart and Amazon are way more profitable than a baseball team. Those employees deserve higher wages based on the profits.

I like it. Cuts down on travel. Fans would be in the same time zone for most games.

The players put out a good faith offer that was fair, reasonable, and well deserved that was rejected. That has put them in a bad position. They should have put out one that was way too far in their advantage and then had room to move like the owners did. I've gone from neutral to the player's side. From what we are reading they are really being treated unfairly in the negotiations.

I wish the markets worked based on companies doing the right thing. Apple stock dropped on news it is stopping sales in Russia. Ford stock declined yesterday for the same reason. Seriously anyone who shorts because of a company stopping business in Russia is a unpatriotic piece of shit. Hold those stocks or buy more.

I hate war and war machines.

So every player gets a 20% raise and the playoff teams send a few better players to the Pirates of the world and we're all happy. Come on, make it happen.