How the players and owners can end the lockout with MLB Network’s Harold Reynolds

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

It's a pivotal week in the hopes of ending the lockout. What will it take for the players and owners to come to an agreement? Chuck Garfien speaks with MLB Network's Harold Reynolds for his take on the negotiations, how the two sides can find common ground, and why this is such a critical week to make a deal. He also explains why he picked the White Sox to win the World Series last season and why he wouldn't be surprised if Luis Robert or Tim Anderson win the MVP one day.(4:00) - Why Reynolds believes the White Sox get to a World Series(6:30) - Why this is such a big week for the lockout(10:30) - How do they reach an agreement? (20:50) - Luis Robert and Tim Anderson can win MVPs

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0:00.0	Where is your confidence right now that they're going to be able to come to an agreement in the next five, six, seven days?
0:09.9	I'm optimistic that this week is the week that they make things happen.
0:14.0	If they don't, I think we're in for a long haul.
0:16.3	And that's the scary part of it.
0:19.9	I just feel like this is a critical week.
0:22.9	I understand the February 28th deadline.
0:25.5	I think it's dead on.
0:27.1	You got to be ready to go through spring training.
0:30.6	And if we miss that and we blow through the stop sign this week, like I said earlier,
0:36.1	we're going to be in big trouble.
0:41.2	That's Harold Reynolds of MLB Network, not mincing words, explaining how big of a week,
0:49.7	how big of a moment this is for the lockout and for baseball.
0:53.8	And he is our guest today on the White
0:56.3	Sox Talk podcast brought to you by Winstress. Hey, everyone, it's Chuck Garfine, and as the co-host
1:02.6	of Hotstove, along with Matt Biscursion every weekday morning on MLB Network, Harold is really
1:09.5	plugged in on both sides of this.
1:12.7	And he has a lot of thoughts about what's going on with the lockout and what the two
1:18.1	sides need to do to come to an agreement this week.
1:23.5	Monday, the players and owners had by far their longest negotiating session of the lockout.
1:29.5	The owners made a tweak to their proposal.
1:32.0	The players are expected to make one when they meet on Tuesday.
1:35.7	So this was definitely a step in the right direction, but how do they end the lockout?
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