MLB Commissioner, Rob Manfred holds press conference at quarterly Owners meeting in Orlando
- CBA discussions in February are like Ash Wednesday with solemn thoughts & a time of denial.
- RSN - Baseball Regional Sports Networks & Streaming, Bally, YES networks
- MLB Owners working on Diversity - compared with NFL issues with Brian Flores & Lovey Smith
- CBA current history & lockout dates
- MLB says it is important to get the game on the field ASAP
- Once again MLB holds their agreement to the DH as some big move
- Clubs will not move on MLBPA proposal with changes to comepetitive balance
- It would be like making Billionaires take a Pay Cut - Sympathy & Flowers please
- Status of Spring Training - "No Change"
- Manfred is an Opening Day Optimist and believes that they will have an agreement to play their regular schedule
- Commissioner states - I see missing games as a disastrous outcome for this industry
- What about those Tampa Bay Rays - can they sustain a team in current environment
- MLB thinks Tampa Bay region is a Major League Market
- Is owning a baseball team a good investment? - Take a look at the Atlanta Braves stock reports
- Steve Cohen, investment professional bought the Mets - something must look good
- Manfred not interested in social media
- Max Scherzer & Marcus Stroman share their thoughts
- NCAA CWS Softball Opening Day was February 10th
- FSU & Oklahoma in the CWS World Series
- Minor League Baseball Opening Day scheduled for April 8
- MiLB AAA teams added 6 games to their season
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