Baseball Spring Training? MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, CBA & Season status

MLB Commissioner, Rob Manfred holds press conference at quarterly
Owners meeting in Orlando


CBA discussions in February are like Ash Wednesday with
solemn thoughts & a time of denial.

RSN - Baseball Regional Sports Networks & Streaming,
Bally,  YES networks

MLB Owners working on Diversity - compared with NFL issues
with Brian Flores &  Lovey Smith

CBA current history & lockout dates

MLB says it is important to get the game on the field ASAP

Once again MLB holds their agreement to the DH as some big
move

Clubs will not move on MLBPA proposal with changes to
comepetitive balance

It would be like making Billionaires take a Pay Cut -
Sympathy & Flowers please

Status of Spring Training -  "No Change"

Manfred is an Opening Day Optimist and believes that they
will have an agreement to play their regular schedule

Commissioner states - I see missing games as a disastrous
outcome for this industry 

What about those Tampa Bay Rays - can they sustain a team in
current environment

MLB thinks Tampa Bay region is a Major League Market

Is owning a baseball team a good investment? - Take a look at
the Atlanta Braves stock reports

Steve Cohen, investment professional bought the Mets -
something must look good

Manfred not interested in social media

Max Scherzer & Marcus Stroman share their thoughts

NCAA CWS Softball Opening Day was February 10th 

FSU & Oklahoma in the CWS World Series

Minor League Baseball Opening Day scheduled for April 8

MiLB AAA teams added 6 games to their season



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