What’s the deal with the MLB lockout??

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.4 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

After a wild week of signings, the free-agent frenzy came to a crashing halt when MLB and the players' union allowed the collective bargaining agreement to expire without a new deal. Meaning, the MLB lockout is here. Chuck Garfien, Ryan McGuffey, Vinnie Duber, and Maddie Lee talk about the main issues driving the lockout, what kind of changes could be in store for the game when the lockout might end, and more.(2:30) - Baseball heads to a lockout(8:50) - Max Scherzer speaks about the issues of tanking by teams(14:15) - How can the league end tanking?(19:50) - What does realignment in baseball look like?(25:00) - What do the owners want vs what do the players want?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Chuck Arfine and welcome to the White Sox Talk podcast.
0:11.6	It is brought to you, as always, by our great friends at Win Trust.
0:17.3	Well, it happened.
0:19.8	When the clock struck midnight in the east on Wednesday, 11 p.m. in Chicago, the collective
0:25.7	bargaining agreement between Major League Baseball and the players' union expired.
0:30.9	After spending the previous few days attempting to negotiate at a Dallas hotel, both sides
0:36.9	were unable to settle their differences, forcing the league into its first lockout since 1995.
0:43.3	Do I sound frustrated?
0:46.3	I am. So what is this all about? Why are we here? Or should I say, why are they here?
0:53.3	Shutting down the game and this wild and crazy and even fun, yes, fun off season for who knows how long?
1:02.9	Well, here on the podcast, we're going to talk about some of the main issues driving the lockout and what the league might possibly look like on the other side of this.
1:13.9	Universal DH, that's a possibility, a good possibility.
1:18.1	Two divisions per league? What about that? Did that happen? No more tanking?
1:23.9	And a whole lot more. So what is the deal with the lockout?
1:29.7	The lockout!
1:32.4	And please, don't last long.
1:36.4	It's coming your way.
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