Is Greed Jeopardizing MLB's Future?
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🗓️ 3 June 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
MLB players and owners are still at an impasse over how many games the 2020 season will have and how much players will be paid. Some fear that the two sides are so far apart in negotiations that the season is now in serious jeopardy. The Athletic’s Jayson Stark joins us to discuss what this standoff is about and what’s at stake not just for the season, but for the future of the sport.
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https://theathletic.com/1843384/2020/05/29/stark-memo-to-baseball-dont-drive-off-this-cliff/
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| 0:06.1 | Hello, I'm Hannah. |
| 0:08.1 | And I'm Sirete. |
| 0:09.1 | And we are the hosts of a Redhanded, a weekly True Crime Podcast. |
| 0:12.8 | Every week on Redhanded, we get stuck into the most talked-about cases. |
| 0:16.3 | From the Idaho student killings, the Delphi murders and our recent rundown of the Murdoch saga. |
| 0:21.6 | Last year, we also started a second weekly show, Shorthand, which is just an excuse for us to talk about anything we find interesting because it's our show and we can do what we like. |
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| 0:33.9 | the gruesome history of European witch hunting, and the very uncomfortable phenomenon of genetic sexual attraction. |
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| 1:08.8 | In Major League Baseball, players and owners are still at an impasse. |
| 1:12.8 | Time is of the essence if we want to see baseball this year. |
| 1:16.8 | There has always been a baseball season, but that could change in 2020. |
| 1:21.0 | At least the two sides are talking. Look, they're so far apart in so many of these things that they're discussing |
| 1:26.8 | and the realities the calendar upon them. |
| 1:29.6 | Today, we're joined by the Athletics Jason Stark to discuss what this standoff is really about |
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