Inside the MLB lockout and when it might end with The Athletic’s Jayson Stark

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien speaks with Jayson Stark, senior baseball writer at The Athletic about the MLB lockout, what's at stake, and when a deal might get done. Plus, what kind of changes could be coming to MLB and if media access will improve in the future.(4:45) - How did the relationship between the players and owners get so bad?(12:00) - What the players want in the new CBA(18:00) - How to fix tanking(27:00) - Possible rule changes in 2022 and beyond(32:30) - What will media access look like going forward in baseball?(42:00) - Why it's important for the media to have access to MLB clubhouses

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's Chuck Arfine.
0:08.6	Welcome to the White Sox Talk Podcast.
0:11.4	It is coming to you as always by our great friends at Windrust.
0:16.1	Okay, as the MLB lockout continues, I wanted to take a deep dive into what's going on. What's at stake?
0:24.7	What's it going to take to get a deal done and when that might actually happen? On the podcast,
0:31.7	one of my favorite writers in the business, Jason Stark, senior baseball writer at The Athletic. You'll also see him on MLB Network,
0:40.0	and he has his own podcast called Starkville. We're going to talk a lot about the tense
0:45.5	relationship between the players and the owners and why Jason believes that a key figure not in
0:51.2	the negotiations is a big reason why both sides have been stuck in the mud for so long.
0:57.0	We'll explain what the players are fighting for.
1:01.0	What kind of changes we might see when the lockout ends?
1:04.0	Will there be a pitch clock on the horizon?
1:07.0	What about a draft lottery, etc?
1:10.0	And then we have a discussion about media access, which
1:13.6	has been limited during the pandemic and could end up being written into the new CBA.
1:21.5	Jason has had talks about this with the league and the players union, and you're going to hear why
1:26.5	it's important for people who cover baseball to eventually
1:30.7	get back into clubhouses.
1:33.0	And what that would mean for the game, for the players.
1:37.8	And yes, the fans, you the fans, if they don't, if we don't.
1:43.3	So all this and more.
1:44.7	With Jason Stark on the White Sox Talk podcast, it's coming your way.
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