MLB work stoppage almost certain on Dec. 2 - Page 2

tejdog1 · 12-02-2021, 12:12 PM

Millionaire$ vs Billionaire$

what a fun fight

Westheim · 12-02-2021, 12:36 PM

I'm siding wiiiiith...

...the little baseballs that need a good whacking!

ThatSeventiesGuy · 12-02-2021, 02:52 PM

Yay, rich dudes vs. obscenely rich dudes! *Tom Slick crowd cheer*

Déjà Bru · 12-02-2021, 08:20 PM

I have to remember in my OOTPB league that if I ever have a lockout, I need to disable FaceGen for the duration.

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Within minutes of locking out players Thursday amid contentious negotiations on the next collective bargaining agreement, Major League Baseball scrubbed all remnants of player likenesses off its official properties such as MLB.com, replacing player photos with generic silhouettes.

mytreds · 12-02-2021, 11:22 PM

Retired players still have their portraits, or at least Buster Posey does.

Westheim · 12-03-2021, 02:36 AM

Thankfully at least in OOTP the players, the league, and the owners, and certainly general management (me! *cough* *cough*) are all equally dense and mindless and just keep on going.

Or they agreed that the ******* pie is big enough for everybody to have a slice.

low · 12-03-2021, 07:50 AM

Went on MLB.com just for kicks and it's like a ghost town.

cephasjames · 12-03-2021, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

I have to remember in my OOTPB league that if I ever have a lockout, I need to disable FaceGen for the duration.

I'm pretty sure player pictures belong to the Player's Association, not MLB, and therefore MLB can't legally (just like OOTP couldn't) put their pictures on their website.

I think some people have taken the silhouette images as a snub against the players, but I think it'd actually just a leagl thing.

dsvitak · 12-03-2021, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Curve Ball Dave

Baseball is doing nothing to make the game more accessible to the masses. You have to take out a mortgage to attend a game, and if you want to watch your local team on TV you have to have a cable subscription or another piece of technology that will allow you to view the game and neither of these items are necessarily within the means of a working class person. So between the extreme cost of attending a game and the costs to just watch from your living room, it takes a lot of money to be fan. And the billionaire owners and millionaire players are going to fight over how much more money it'll take to follow the game.

St. Louis Cardinals had $5 tickets this past year, and they allow you to bring in your own drinks and food.

It CAN be expensive...just like how you can purchase a Bentley instead of a Ford Focus. It's all about making good choices.

No..I don't buy beer, and I bring my own water, and I buy a BIG bag of peanuts from a vendor outside the stadium for $3.

Edit to add..I am fully retired, and the cost for cable to me is less than two percent of my income, and I have a premium package. This is internet AND cable.

mytreds · 12-03-2021, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dsvitak

St. Louis Cardinals had $5 tickets this past year, and they allow you to bring in your own drinks and food.

It CAN be expensive...just like how you can purchase a Bentley instead of a Ford Focus. It's all about making good choices.

No..I don't buy beer, and I bring my own water, and I buy a BIG bag of peanuts from a vendor outside the stadium for $3.

Edit to add..I am fully retired, and the cost for cable to me is less than two percent of my income, and I have a premium package. This is internet AND cable.

You’re not the masses 😂

rudel.dietrich · 12-18-2021, 11:27 PM

Since the lockout began, the MLBPA and MLB have met exactly zero times.

cephasjames · 12-19-2021, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by rudel.dietrich

Since the lockout began, the MLBPA and MLB have met exactly zero times.

I read that too. So disappointing.

GeoWar · 12-21-2021, 07:13 PM

I think the Spring will be interesting -- Major League Baseball have player contracts and MEDIA contracts ..... ??????

swoboda · 12-27-2021, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by tejdog1

Millionaire$ vs Billionaire$

what a fun fight

It's enough to get me to turn off "financials" in my league when I start up again with V.23.

dsvitak · 12-27-2021, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by mytreds

You’re not the masses 😂

If you CHOOSE to spend a vast amount of money to see an MLB game, they you don't have any standing to criticize the cost. Just sayin'.

Cod · 12-28-2021, 06:40 PM

Maybe college baseball can be brought to the masses, like Disney (via ABC and ESPN) tried in 2020 (damn Covid)...

swoboda · 01-12-2022, 10:55 AM

Bargaining session scheduled for Thursday, owners will present new proposal (from mlb.com)

Westheim · 01-12-2022, 11:27 AM

Yes, talk to each other, you bums. Otherwise I take all the trillions for myself!

Westheim · 01-13-2022, 01:53 PM

Found this on ESPN (from a few days ago)

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How much progress has been made?

Slightly less than very little.

(whines!)

Déjà Bru · 01-13-2022, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Westheim

Yes, talk to each other, you bums. Otherwise I take all the trillions for myself!

This could have been followed by "Bwah, ha, ha, ha!"

. . . if not for this:

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Originally Posted by Westheim

(whines!)

12-02-2021, 12:12 PM	#21
tejdog1 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 1,654	Millionaire$ vs Billionaire$ what a fun fight __________________ It's amazing How you make your face just like a wall How you take your heart and turn it off How I turn my head and lose it all And it's unnerving How just one move puts me by myself There you go just trusting someone else Now I know I put us both through hell ~Matchbox 20, "Leave" Everyone knows it's spelled "TRAID", not trade

12-02-2021, 12:36 PM	#22
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 14,190	I'm siding wiiiiith... ...the little baseballs that need a good whacking! __________________ Portland Raccoons, 96 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 * 2071 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

12-02-2021, 02:52 PM	#23
ThatSeventiesGuy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 3,429	Yay, rich dudes vs. obscenely rich dudes! Tom Slick crowd cheer __________________ https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...00&postcount=1

12-02-2021, 11:22 PM	#25
mytreds All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 1,184	Retired players still have their portraits, or at least Buster Posey does. __________________ “Baseball isn’t statistics; it’s Joe DiMaggio rounding second.” “Once, centuries ago, it was the beloved national pastime of the Americas, Wesley. Abandoned by a society that prized fast food and faster games. Lost to impatience.” “ The term ‘WAR’ should be replaced by ‘WAG’. WAR isn’t an actual measurement; it’s just a wild-ass guess” -Bill James RIP National League 1876-2022 Floreat semper vel invita morte. I make custom ballparks.

12-03-2021, 02:36 AM	#26
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 14,190	Thankfully at least in OOTP the players, the league, and the owners, and certainly general management (me! cough cough) are all equally dense and mindless and just keep on going. Or they agreed that the ******* pie is big enough for everybody to have a slice. __________________ Portland Raccoons, 96 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 * 2071 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

12-03-2021, 07:50 AM	#27
low Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wisconsin, USA Posts: 6,322	Went on MLB.com just for kicks and it's like a ghost town. __________________ My fictional team logos and uniforms

12-18-2021, 11:27 PM	#31
rudel.dietrich Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Zürich, Switzerland Posts: 8,608	Since the lockout began, the MLBPA and MLB have met exactly zero times.

12-21-2021, 07:13 PM	#33
GeoWar All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 850	I think the Spring will be interesting -- Major League Baseball have player contracts and MEDIA contracts ..... ?????? __________________ Cal. State Fullerton -- NCAA Champion - Baseball 2004 Texas Longhorns -- NCAA Champion - Baseball 2005 Oregon State Beavers -- NCAA Champion - Baseball 2006 and 2007 With unity comes VICTORY !

12-28-2021, 06:40 PM	#36
Cod All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 1,178	Maybe college baseball can be brought to the masses, like Disney (via ABC and ESPN) tried in 2020 (damn Covid)...

01-12-2022, 10:55 AM	#37
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,230	Bargaining session scheduled for Thursday, owners will present new proposal (from mlb.com) __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson

01-12-2022, 11:27 AM	#38
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 14,190	Yes, talk to each other, you bums. Otherwise I take all the trillions for myself! __________________ Portland Raccoons, 96 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 * 2071 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.