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1 Dec, 5 tweets, 1 min read
This is good coverage for a number of reasons. 1) it explains that management would be the one responsible for a lockout. 2) it explains a lockout isn't required b/c of expiration of the CBA. 3) it explains the process in more detail - bargaining followed by caucuses, 1/
followed by more meetings, followed by a sidebar among principals. This is generally how positional bargaining takes place - with more arguing and discussion in caucus than at the table. For interested based bargaining the parties work the issues jointly at the table. These 2/
parties are not there. I suspect that the sidebar principal meetings are where most of the real negotiating takes place, because they can build up trust in the smaller face-to-face, rather than having to posture for their constituencies. 4) Neither party leaked any details 3/
That's critical for building the trust necessary to make a deal. The Union rarely leaks unless they are super pissed about something. So, no management leak today is positive.
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2 Dec
The fundamental premise that he justifies throughout the letter is a lie.

There is no requirement to impose a lockout. It is a voluntary act of management. A tactic. It is classified as economic warfare. Expiration of a CBA does not force management to lock out employees. In 1/ Image
fact, The National Labor Relations Act, promotes labor peace by preserving the continuity of mandatory terms and conditions of employment of an expired CBA until a new CBA is put in place.

A lockout is a leverage tactic; it is economic warfare to pressure employees to accept 2/
management's proposals in bargaining. A lockout (or a strike for that matter) does not terminate the parties' duty to bargain. They must continue to bargain in good faith.

Ultimately, the parties will reach an agreement. But, don't believe the "we were forced to rhetoric." 3/
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30 Nov
Ultimately, I would not be surprised to see some form of expanded playoffs in the new CBA. @JesseRogersESPN points out in his article that "the expanded playoffs would be a windfall for owners in terms of television and gate revenue." That said, it's part of an overall 1/
@JesseRogersESPN proposal that includes reducing the Competitive Balance Tax limit and increasing the tax rates and delaying free agency for a lot of players until age 29 1/2. I've addressed those before as unserious proposals. But, I've also addressed the expanded playoffs back in February. 2/
Yes. That was when the parties were negotiating procedures for the 2021 season. 3/
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29 Nov
I'm becoming more convinced that a lockout is less about whipsawing the players who aren't under contract and can't sign as much as it is to freeze the teams from spending before a new Competitive Balance Tax can be put in effect. The first aspect has been somewhat undermined 1/
by so many early singings this off-season. But, the second has also been undermined as well. Steve Cohen is acting as if there is no CBT. He should be doing that given his wealth, the revenues from the NY market, and the 30% increase in national TV shared revenue. The Dodgers 2/
have been doing this for several years now. The late Boss used to do the same. His son Hal, though is a different animal. He's not competitive as he is protecting his nest egg. That's why he's on the bargaining team. George used to rant against using shared revenues from 3/
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29 Nov
It's really an early market. The lockout tactic is making this happen. It's really the opposite of what it was intended to do. It was supposed to whipsaw the players who didn't have contracts, so that they put pressure on the Union to make a deal. But, so many players are 1/
signing early - those near the top and many in the middle of the market, that it is both protecting them long-term, and fixing club expenditures for 2022 ahead of the new CBA. The very top FA players won't have anything to worry about. They will get their big contracts for 2/
long terms regardless of what the CBA provides. Correa and Seager and Freeman have nothing to worry about. The guys who will have trouble signing will have the same trouble regardless. The extensions for guys like Buxton and Franco also take the new CBA out of the discussion. 3/
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13 Feb
This NYT interview with Dr. Fauci blows the biggest hole possible in @Ken_Rosenthal's reporting from 10 days ago. 1/

nytimes.com/2021/02/13/spo…
In his article, @Ken_Rosenthal wrote, "The union, by scheduling its own discussion with the same officials for a later date, avoided hearing what the government representatives suggested to MLB, according to sources: a one-month delay, with the idea of getting players..." 2/
"in time to start the season."

Within a day or two the Union had its own meeting with government officials. That was already reported, although perhaps not as widely as the original pieces claiming the Union didn't want to talk to government officials. In a previous thread 3/
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7 Feb
In this article, Buster makes management's case for why the Union and players should want what management wants. It's a very weird way of presenting things. It pretends that this is not a management initiated objective. It pretends that the Union hasn't rejected it repeatedly 1/
But, rather than state the obvious - management really, really, really wants expanded playoffs, it goes through management's reasons (maybe Buster came up with them himself, but more likely they were fed to him by a management official) why it thinks expanded playoffs are such 2/
a great deal for players and the Union.

Obviously, management is holding on to hope that their objective to expand playoffs will still be accepted. It has been rejected twice because it is the major leverage the Union has for negotiations over the next CBA. 3/
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