Episode 9: Disbanding Major League Baseball

Since the Covid-19 pandemic shut down sports in March, plans about them returning have dominated the news cycle. While the NBA and NHL appear on track to resume sometime this summer, an ugly fight between Major League Baseball's owners and its players union has put a 2020 season in severe doubt. This latest display from the owners has laid bare an ugly truth: American professional baseball at the highest level is failing due to corporate greed and a lack of concern over the future of the game. In this episode, Sam talks through the reasons why MLB has made disbanding the league a possibility along with the main culprits. Then, he discusses what a potential MLB 2.0 might look like if the current structure was torn down and started anew.

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Rob Arthur in April 2019 showed in great detail how the MLB ball was juiced here.

Check out the full interview with Rob Manfred on The Dan Lebatard Show with Stugotz here.

"Screwball" the Billy Corben documentary about the A-Rod investigation is available on Netflix. Check out the official trailer here.

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