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Tony Clark Scandal, Salary Cap War & Why Baseball Could Lose Games | Evan & Tiki

WFAN Daily

Audacy

Sports

3.8794 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

A stunning off-field scandal rocks baseball as MLBPA chief Tony Clark resigns amid revelations of an inappropriate relationship, sending shockwaves through the sport at the worst possible time. What does this mean for the balance of power between players and owners? Could this leadership vacuum hand Rob Manfred and the owners the leverage they’ve been waiting for?


The discussion dives into the looming labor battle, the growing push for a salary cap, and why the appointment of a hardline interim leader could push both sides toward a damaging showdown. Would either side actually sacrifice games to win the war? And after the lessons of past strikes, is baseball heading toward another lost season with nothing to show for it?


Plus, the guys debate competitive balance, small-market frustrations, deferred mega-contracts, and the uncomfortable question every fan must answer: Would you give up a season to “fix” the sport?


If you care about the future of baseball, this is a conversation you can’t ignore. ⚾

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0:36.7

It's not even procrastinating. It's tough. It is. It's hard is. You're procrastinating. You don't want to come to the realization that you're screwed. The jets are a sewer. Good point. Carlos Mendoza had a fun conversation with Big Mac and Craig. We'll analyze that a little bit later on, so we have a lot to do. And if you missed it, it's on the Rico. Yeah, for some reason, the Rico Bronya podcast feed posted that. I know. And I always get complaints about that, not that particular interview because it's a good one and it's met related. It was good. It was worth it. Definitely. But sometimes they put things on the Rico Prune your podcast feed, like they'll put one giant step.

1:12.5

And it's like, wait a second, really?

1:14.1

I'm just kidding. I don't know if they do that.

1:16.1

I do want to apologize because I said something yesterday very early in the show that I turned out to be very wrong about.

1:21.8

I said that Tony Clark resigning was the most uninteresting, interesting story because of its impact on a potential work stoppage, but kind of boring that he's resigning about this lawsuit.

1:34.3

And after we signed off the air, he is still resigning about the lawsuit, I guess, technically.

1:39.5

But the Players Association did an internal investigation, and it revealed, quote, an inappropriate relationship with his sister-in-law, which has created a debate that's been going on now for 18 hours.

1:52.1

We have not had a chance to chime in, which is what's worse, if it was his wife's sister or if it was his brother's wife. So let's just get that out of the way because I know that's the hot topic in America, which is worse, Tiki? It's got to be brother's wife. Completely agree with you. Gotta be. Open and shut. Not even close. Because it's affecting your family too. Yes. Like if you're messing around with your wife's sister, that's a mess up in their

2:19.2

family. So yes, you're going to have a divorce. It's going to be ugly and all that. But that's a family

2:24.0

dynamic that's screwed up forever. But if it's your brother's wife, bro. Yeah, that's just,

2:31.7

I mean, now your brother wants to beat your. Yes. And the thing that I found funny, and Sean and I have this in common is that's just, I mean, now your brother wants to beat you. Yes.

2:41.7

And the thing that I found funny, and Sean and I have this in common, is that the only sister-in-law we have is neither of those scenarios.

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