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Originally Posted by TomVeal
Neither owners nor players are covering themselves with glory, but let's bear in mind the difficulties that they face. The players by and large have standards of living that correspond to their pre-coronavirus pay expectations. The owners stare into the prospect of multi-million dollar losses at a time when many of their other enterprises are struggling. Some are almost certainly scrabbling to ward off bankruptcy.
Not having a season will be the worst outcome for all sides, but that doesn't mean that the less bad outcomes are painless or that finding one that is mutually acceptable will be easy.
Dire as the situation may be, I reassure myself with the fact that baseball is a terrific game, fun to play and fascinating to watch. Wait till next year!
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a really good take tom. too many people think that rich people are immune. but still, let's play ball!