{"id":394698,"date":"2022-01-15T22:44:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T19:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dont-expect-mlb-labor-talks-to-help-out-fans\/"},"modified":"2022-01-15T22:44:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T19:44:30","slug":"dont-expect-mlb-labor-talks-to-help-out-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dont-expect-mlb-labor-talks-to-help-out-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"#Don&#8217;t expect MLB labor talks to help out fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a282a0c0439c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a282a0c0439c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dont-expect-mlb-labor-talks-to-help-out-fans\/#Sanders_past_casts_shadow_on_Jackson_St\" >Sanders\u2019 past casts shadow on Jackson St.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dont-expect-mlb-labor-talks-to-help-out-fans\/#Dont_be_so_friendly_Francisco\" >Don\u2019t be so friendly, Francisco<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Don&#8217;t expect MLB labor talks to help out fans<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/phil-mushnick.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Phil Mushnick\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/phil-mushnick.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/phil-mushnick.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As Mike Tyson said, \u201cEveryone has plans until they get hit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several issues from the MLB-MLBPA negotiations have already been agreed upon. That is, they\u2019ve been dismissed under the polite designation NSGAD \u2014 neither side gives a damn.<\/p>\n<p>You suppose either side, heading in, bothered with, \u201cWe\u2019d better throw something in this for fans, something to curry favor with those who ultimately count the most?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From the movie, \u201cFat Chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If only I could weasel my way in, to be the public advocate in these discussions. What fun we\u2019d have. Some proposals:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>Fans discovered in Dumpsters or restrooms trying to avoid payment to the second <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> of two-admission doubleheaders will be sentenced to wear one of Peter Rosenberg\u2019s gravy-stained pro wrestling T-shirts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong>The total elimination of 1 p.m. Saturday games as they mostly attract families with kids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong>Full rain checks for delays that exceed eight hours, the next day\u2019s dawn or the kickoff of the Army-Navy game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. <\/strong>The profit on all drinks and food sold to patrons is not to exceed 250 percent per pour or item. Artificial cheese squirts <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lied as nacho toppings will carry expiration dates \u2014 not for the goo, but for those who eat it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Half-priced parking during all away games.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/newspress-collage-20848232-1642275123048.png?w=1024\" alt=\"MLB\" class=\"wp-image-20848593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/newspress-collage-20848232-1642275123048.png?w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/newspress-collage-20848232-1642275123048.png 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/newspress-collage-20848232-1642275123048.png?w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>MLB\u2019s latest labor talks will again not do anything to help the fans, The Post\u2019s Phil Mushnick writes.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Sabo, Stephen Yang, AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In other words, neither side has to conspire or aspire to abuse fans, as that\u2019s a given. Fans don\u2019t make the cut in such matters and never have. Assume your continuing role of taken-for-granted sucker until the two-parties\u2019 gold dust settles.<\/p>\n<p>As during past labor negotiations and actions in all sports, not one issue creates a rooting interest for any fan or customer. The battles waged are over how to maximize the money supplied by unrepresented fans, especially in the form of TV, ticket and merchandise revenues.<\/p>\n<p>And now both parties must fight for their cuts of fans\u2019 guaranteed losses and licensing fees as per Rob \u201cSeven Innings\u201d Manfred-certified, bad-odds gambling.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>I don\u2019t care how and when this MLB crisis ends, all I know is that the most significant party \u2014 The Game\u2019s fans \u2014 will not be consulted or considered. You will be ignored. Again.<\/p>\n<p>So let us know when it\u2019s over and we\u2019ll assess the latest damage before we can resume, if we remain willing, to watch 30-strikeout games, 14-pitcher games, four-hour games, jogging to first and hitting into shifts with a man on, none out, late in close games.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s my plan while awaiting MLB\u2019s next punch in the face.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sanders_past_casts_shadow_on_Jackson_St\"><\/span>Sanders\u2019 past casts shadow on Jackson St.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Recall Bishop Sycamore, the high school football team that this season played on ESPN despite its non-existence as a legit school? It made national <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> and, for ESPN, well-earned embarrassment \u2014 despite being downplayed on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>But unknown to most is that Bishop Sycamore was preceded by a phony, sports-first high school headed by Deion Sanders, the NFL superstar and now coach of Jackson State, whose recruits have turned the Mississippi university into an overnight football powerhouse.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/South_Carolina_St_Jackson_St_Football.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Prime\" class=\"wp-image-20848462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/South_Carolina_St_Jackson_St_Football.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/South_Carolina_St_Jackson_St_Football.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/South_Carolina_St_Jackson_St_Football.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Deion Sanders<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2012, Sanders became co-founder of what was declared a Texas charter high school, Prime Prep, that placed its emphasis on sports. But by 2016, the \u201cschool\u201d was in a heap of legal and financial trouble, then forced to close, as it lacked even minimal academic accreditation despite Sanders\u2019 alleged vows that Prime Prep was totally legit.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line: Sanders left a lot of kids, seeking athletic scholarships to colleges, and a few remaining employees in the lurch.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Jackson State didn\u2019t see Sanders\u2019 scandalous recent past as a deterrent from hiring him as its head coach.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Now, as Sanders somehow has been able to land top recruits to Jackson State, raising questions as to whether Sanders and the school, as others allegedly have done, have dangled NIL money to influence or bribe recruits.<\/p>\n<p>College coach Sanders, ostensibly a graduate of Florida State, has vehemently denied that with, \u201cWe ain\u2019t got no money!\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>Inflation is through the roof, gas prices are up $1.25 from a year ago, the cost of food is bringing back Spam \u2014 if folks can be found to drive the trucks \u2014 and the NFL and Amazon think people are going to fall all over themselves to purchase an additional-pay NFL Thursday night TV package.<\/p>\n<p>And, according to Post colleague Andrew Marchand, they\u2019re going to dangle as a purchasing enticement a studio-show possibly starring often indecipherable, crotch-grabbing, public speaker of unfiltered vulgarities, Marshawn Lynch.<\/p>\n<p>Yep, that should do it! The worst they can do is the best they can do.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dont_be_so_friendly_Francisco\"><\/span>Don\u2019t be so friendly, Francisco<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Reader Richard Kelly has an idea for new Mets manager Buck Showalter: Have Francisco Lindor, \u201cthe zillionaire .230 hitting shortstop, stop yukking it up at second base with opponents who just hit a bases-clearing double.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>Not unexpectedly, NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d show has returned to serve as a full-blown come-on promo for NBC\u2019s Winter Olympics coverage. Based on the content the happy talk on \u201cToday,\u201d these Olympics will be held in the Democratic Republic of China.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>So Roger Goodell told the Manning brothers on their Monday night show that it would be beneath him to speak any vulgar details of Snoop Dogg\u2019s act, but come Super Bowl Sunday, Dogg, on Goodell\u2019s invite, will be plenty good enough for the rest of the country. Goodell knows the halftime show likely will be X-rated \u2014 again \u2014 he just doesn\u2019t care. What leadership!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/1325136251.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mets\" class=\"wp-image-20848296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/1325136251.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/1325136251.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/1325136251.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Francisco Lindor<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> have so overly used and misused \u201ciconic,\u201d it will soon mean ordinary, common. The Mets have announced that on July 9, Keith Hernandez\u2019s \u201ciconic No. 17\u201d will be retired. Now numbers are iconic? Reader Len Geller notes the ceremony will be on a Saturday, \u201cthat iconic day of the week.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>David Cone, as a \u201cSunday Night Baseball\u201d voice, could at last be a good get for ESPN, as Cone will be free from his contradictions \u2014 analytics are silly\/analytics are good \u2014 in his YES treatments of the Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone confederacy.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t matter that the Cowboys scored a league-high five TDs off interceptions this season, those points have been applied to Dallas\u2019 offensive scoring totals. Football is given baseball\u2019s stats status, as if all plays begin on a pitcher\u2019s mound, 60 feet, 6 inches away.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrie-irving-charles-barkley.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Kyrie Irving and Charles Barkley\" class=\"wp-image-19861299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrie-irving-charles-barkley.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrie-irving-charles-barkley.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrie-irving-charles-barkley.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/kyrie-irving-charles-barkley.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kyrie Irving and Charles Barkley<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images; TNT<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>For once I\u2019m with Charles Barkley. Kyrie Irving is impossible to root for. And Barkley should know.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>Can\u2019t even watch the U.S. Olympic figure skating trials on NBC without get-rich-quick sports gambling ads.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>Nightmare Saturday night. I dreamed I was so rich I wrote big checks to Antonio Brown. I woke up in a sweat, but thoroughly relieved to not have that kind of dough.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>Lots of fond recollection to my farewell here Friday to actor Dwayne Hickman, who played Dobie Gillis, CBS 1959-63, and died last Sunday at 87.<\/p>\n<p>Among my favorite lines from that show \u2014 which I enjoyed as a teen in reruns \u2014 was spoken by Warren Beatty in the role of rich, conceited high school kid Milton Armitage \u2014 Dobie\u2019s rival for the heart of Thalia Menninger, played by Tuesday Weld (the show was loaded with great character names and characters).<\/p>\n<p>When Milton was asked if he was running for school office on behalf of the junior class, he replied, \u201cNo, on behalf of the ruling class.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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That is, they\u2019ve been dismissed under the polite designation NSGAD \u2014 neither side gives a damn. 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