The Negotiator At The Heart of MLB’s Labor Showdown
The Lead
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3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2021
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
The clock is ticking for Major League Baseball, with a potential lockout on the horizon this week, as the collective bargaining agreement is set to expire at 11:59pm ET on Wednesday. Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s Evan Drellich to look at why the players and owners are once again at a bitter impasse, and the no-nonsense negotiator for the players, Bruce Meyer, who should have a major say in how things play out.
Read Evan Drellich’s full story about Bruce Meyer and the MLB negotiations: https://theathletic.com/2981810/2021/11/28/mlb-players-want-change-and-bruce-meyer-is-fighting-to-deliver-it-the-other-side-is-not-going-to-be-happy-with-me/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:45.0 | That's the toughest union in sports. Those toughest players association in sports. So I'm worried about it. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm especially worried about it with the way that those two sides had a big problem during the pandemic season coming together. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm thinking this is probably going to get ugly. |
| 1:06.0 | The clock is ticking for Major League Baseball with a potential lockout on the horizon this week. |
| 1:12.0 | And for a lot of people who follow the sport, this whole thing is not sitting well. |
| 1:17.0 | I'd be so chaffly miss games. I mean, finally, you would hope that by next April, we've got the pandemic in the rearview mirror |
| 1:25.0 | and that you can really have a normal life. And I mean, they're going to have the nerve and the onions to like not play. |
| 1:31.0 | Today, the athletics, Evan Drelick on why the players and owners are once again at an impact and the no nonsense negotiator |
| 1:38.0 | who will have a big say in how it plays out. It all comes back to the solidarity of your group and what you're willing to go out for and hold out for and possibly miss pay checks for. |
| 1:49.0 | But to have that solidarity, you do need a figure that people believe from wondering in the athletic. I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. |
| 1:56.0 | It's Tuesday, November 30th, and this is the lead. |
| 2:01.0 | So Evan, where are you talking to us from at the start of this 100% completely normal week for a major league baseball. |
| 2:10.0 | Hey, Tiffany, I'm in a hotel room outside of Dallas, the Major League Baseball Players Association. |
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