MLB’s threat to lose games confirms that the league’s lockout was always a cynical ploy

Jan 26 2022 by The Crawfish Boxes

 
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Suspicions stemming from the early days of the lockout have been validated.

On Dec. 2, in the wake of Major League Baseball’s implemented lockout, commissioner Rob Manfred wrote “A letter to baseball fans.” In the eight-paragraph missive, one sentence stood out:

This defensive lockout was necessary because the Players Association’s vision for Major League Baseball would threaten the ability of most teams to be competitive.

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