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Thank you.

The nothing personal word of the day for Friday, March 11, 2022.

Gracias. Merci beaucoup.

Thank you very much to the owners and the players in Major League Baseball.

Thank you for figuring out how to recognize when you were about to fall off a cliff into the

abyss of a relevance. Thank you for recognizing that the owners were not kidding.

That you were going to miss pay and not be able to play 162 games if you didn't agree to a deal

yesterday.

Thank you to all of the players who recognized that Scott Boris did not give a tinkers

damn about you or your career. Thank you for being willing to stand up to members of the

executive council who were railroaded into position because they were Boris clients.

Thank you to owners who allowed Rob Manford to do his job, to take the heat off you, and to recognize that you were not going to get a complete victory the way you had in previous deals.

Thank you to the players who realized that the bid in the ask and the difference and the golf in between was so small that continuing the fight was not going to benefit even if the owners at the end would have

capitulated and paid you for a full season for not playing a full season.

Thank you for having team presidents never again worry about their pitcher getting hurt running the basis, straightening the hamstring getting hit by a pitch.

Thank you for allowing me as a team president of a small market team to call up a player whenever I want and not worry about service time.

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