Effectively Wild Episode 1811: How Will the Lockout End?
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2022
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Baseball Prospectus editor-in-chief Craig Goldstein discuss the owners’ latest CBA counterproposal, why analyzing Competitive Balance Tax surcharges isn’t exactly riveting, where the owners and players are still furthest apart, why the deadlock is about money—and not even that much money—more so than structural change, MLB’s argument for not paying minor leaguers during spring training, ethical consumption under capitalism, daydreaming about a better-run MLB, how and why some media members misrepresent the negotiations, how and when the lockout will end, and more.
Audio intro: Ty Segall, “Play”
Audio outro: The Avett Brothers, “Locked Up”
Link to Manfred transcript
Link to ESPN on the new proposal
Link to Jay Jaffe on the new proposal
Link to Heyman tweet
Link to report on Rosenthal and MLBN
Link to Drellich and Rosenthal report
Link to Emma’s Super Bowl tweet
Link to Emma on Manfred
Link to Sheehan’s latest newsletter
Link to EW episode with Joe
Link to Marc Normandin on owner PR
Link to Craig on covering the lockout
Link to Craig’s podcast
Link to CJR on describing lies
Link to WaPo on describing lies
Link to WaPo on “both sides”
Link to WaPo on the media and Jan. 6
Link to Travis Sawchik on player pay
Link to The Athletic fan survey
Link to thread on competitive balance
Link to Polygon report about crunch
Link to story about Nordic countries
Link to EW episode on lockout harm
Link to Drellich on minor league pay
Link to Drellich on minor league lawsuit
Link to thread on minor league union
Link to Russell on minor league pay
Link to Passan report
Link to Moore quote
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| 0:00.0 | When I get all my work done learning now |
| 0:08.0 | Frozen out guns of the system that everyone |
| 0:15.0 | Um I can go outside and am allowed to play |
| 0:22.0 | Play |
| 0:26.0 | All I want to do is play |
| 0:36.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1811 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:42.0 | A baseball podcast from Vangrass presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:46.0 | I'm Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer joined by Meg Rally of Vangrass |
| 0:50.0 | Hello Meg! |
| 0:51.0 | We are also joined by Craig Goldstein, editor in chief of baseball perspectives |
| 0:56.0 | Hello Craig, welcome back |
| 0:58.0 | Hello, thank you for having me back |
| 0:59.0 | Well as our friend and my battery tweeted over the weekend |
| 1:02.0 | Brutal year for the people who tweet |
| 1:04.0 | Now it's baseball season after the end of the Super Bowl |
| 1:07.0 | And I guess that's true for a few reasons really |
| 1:09.0 | Where do we start? |
| 1:11.0 | Last time we heard from Rob Manfred last Thursday |
| 1:14.0 | Which we discussed on this podcast |
| 1:16.0 | The commissioner said, with respect to the proposal |
| 1:19.0 | We're going to make a good faith positive proposal |
| 1:22.0 | In an effort to move the process forward |
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