Lockout, Minor Leaguers paid in Life Skills, White Sox Ticket Scalping, Red Sox sales fall

Pitchers & Catchers report to Spring Training – not
happening today – mlbLockout

Brandon left in the Drive way waiting for his ride to Spring
Training

Watching old Baseball Games videos

MLB Umpires shine when compared with The Big Game of Football
Officiating comp

Face masks, Bengals, Rams and WTF.  Doesn’t the NFL have
instant replay

Getting ready to watch the Minor Leagues MiLB

 Rob Manfred loves the Minor Leagues with a strong diet
and contraction addressing

inadequate facilities 

travel

poor pay 

drafting players who don’t have a realistic shot to make it
to the majors

Loss of 42 minor league teams and impact on the games and
fandom

Lawsuits from minor league players and some of the 42 teams
who were cut

MLB spokesman states that Minor League players receive over
$2,200 worth of value per week during Spring Training. Therefore,
they should not be paid during spring training. 

Should minor league players have to pay for Spring Training?

They are learning life skills. 

Even Burger King trainess get paid for learning to flip
burgers and learn life skills         

One Baseball plan slapped together like a student’s science
project

Garret Broshius lawyer for the Minor Leaguers speaks out

Do minor league players need a union

Players must have other jobs to have a livable income

Housing for the Minor Leaguers – What is MLB doing to help
and what do we believe

Baseball boot camp living conditions

MLB program to increase minor league players play during
regular season

Shorter bus travel between games for the players with
realignment of teams

Club House Dues no longer need to be paid by players

Players no longer need to share a bed

Host Families still around to give players a place to sleep

PED’s penalties in the Minor Leagues – 14 players have been
suspended for performance enhancement drugs. Let’s remember to
forgive them later

Boston Red Sox ticket sales down 20 to 30% from last year at
this time

White Sox lack of ticket sales is felt by the owners

Ticket Scalping, Martial Arts, Fraud & Alcohol – Bruce
Lee is sentenced for ticket scalping. Not the original Bruce Lee

Could Ozark, Marty Bird have done better

Special Thanks to our Health Care workers and military
service people

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