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A MLB Fairy Tale - Exiled: Sea Unicorns, ValleyCats, Volcanoes & Yanks from the Isle of Staten. 
These 4 have taken MLB to court. Now DOJ appears & is showing an interest.
Judge Lou Schiff walks us through this news.

• Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, Inc. v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs (1922)
• Toulson Case
• Oakland A’s case
• Lower Court dismisses Minor League affiliates lawsuit against MLB
• DOJ intervenes as a "friend of the court"
• Testimony from legends Casey Stengel and Mickey Mantle before Congress
• William Shea and the Continental League
• Possibility of MLB settling the dispute
• Courts pointing back to Congress for responsibility
• The Save America's Pastime Act - Bad Idea
• Scott Brosius leading change for Minor Leaguers
• MLB deals with displaced Minor League Owners
• Joshua Schuab, Commissioner of American Association of Professional Baseball
• OSHA requirements and Colorado Rockies' moved handicapped seating
• Department of Justice involvement in baseball
• Possibility of MLB writing a check to resolve Minor League team issues
• Craig Calcaterra's thoughts on investing in a team or player
• World Baseball Classic (WBC)
• Mat Germain's views on the WBC becoming like the Soccer World Cup
• Miami WBC Pool and first-round games being sold out
• Ballplayers' pride in representing their country in the WBC.

Special Thanks to Lou Schiff for sharing his knowledge, stories and experience with the @TheBaseballBiz audience., Lou is daily on Twitter @BaseballandLaw

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Thanks to Josh Woodward for the music "Princess" & to XTaKeRuX for the music "Rocking Forward"

Curt Flood & the fight for Free Agency
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1125350/9873944 

Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, Inc. v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, 259 U.S. 200 (1922)
 https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/259/200/ 

Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition v. Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, Ltd.
https://www.quimbee.com/cases/colorado-cross-disability-coalition-v-colorado-rockies-baseball-club-ltd 

Craig Calcaterra, Rethinking Fandom
 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1125350/10262510