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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis
MLBPA Chastises League’s Threat to Drastically Shorten Season, Says Players ‘Ready to Report’
It’s not going to be easy for the players to counter the spin work being put in by Major League…
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MLB Officially Rejects Players’ Proposal, Will Not Send Counter
Though it was already considered fait accompli, Major League Baseball has formally rejected the players’ proposal for a 114-game season…
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The Rundown: Bad Optics Hurting Ricketts Family, Rizzo Not Immune to Backlash, No Movement in Reboot Negotiations
“Mantle did not expect to play one day and showed up extremely hungover. He was nevertheless called on to pinch…
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The Rundown: Wrigleyville Vigil Sets Bar, Owners Continue to Squeeze Players, Boras Steps Up, Nationals Reverse Course
I’m really at a loss for words this morning and I’m just not feeling like a daily baseball column is…
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Chicago Cubs News
Owners Reportedly Willing to Pay Full Prorated Salaries Over Drastically Shortened Season
Not long after reports that the MLBPA’s proposal to owners for a 114-game season with full prorated salaries was a…
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Chicago Cubs News
Report: MLBPA Proposes 114 Games, $100M in Deferred Pay, Expanded Playoffs for Two Years
According to Evan Drellich of The Athletic, the MLB Players Association has delivered its counter-proposal to the league following the…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis
Report: Some Cheapskate MLB Owners ‘Perfectly Willing’ to Cancel Season as Cost-Cutting Measure
It’s apparently not just the league and players who aren’t in agreement on how to resume the 2020 season. As…
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The Rundown: Baseball’s Problems Small in Comparison, Boras Uses Cubs as Example of Owners’ Greed, Sweeping MiLB Cuts, 64 Hours of Jeter
“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” – Winston Churchill The world is an inferno right now, yet baseball’s…
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Boras Tells Players Not to Bail Owners Out, Cubs Would Save Over $50 Million Under Sliding-Scale Proposal
Among many things that can be said about Scott Boras, one indisputable fact is that he always tries to get…
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Players Asking for More Games, Full Prorated Pay in Counter to MLB’s Silly Sliding-Scale Proposal
Major League Baseball’s owners and players clearly do not view the path back to the 2020 season the same way.…
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