Smaller draft, smaller bonus pools, fewer minor league teams, fewer scouts, smaller payroll. The only thing they want to add is playoff games, because owners get to keep all that money
And yet this group of people wants you to believe they’re stewarding the game in your interest
The fascinating and unfortunate subtext of MLB’s bargaining posture for decades now is this:
They are comfortable shrinking baseball, the sport, in exchange for further solidifying the institutional power of Major League Baseball, the corporation
Point of clarification here: No, it's not uncommon for teams to travel back to base camps the night of a match.
But Iranian players and coach specifically said they wanted to stay in LA, do a recovery session Tuesday morning, then fly back. They were told they couldn't.
Iran v. New Zealand ended around 8pm here in Los Angeles.
At 10:07pm, Iran players were on a bus bound for the airport, where they'd fly back to Tijuana. World Cup organizers wouldn't let them stay and recover.
“Everything is like a disaster for us," Mehdi Taremi said.
FIFA (supposedly) has rules for broadcasters during World Cup hydration breaks.
Fox broke them during the very first game, and even missed match action showing commercials...
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be cool if we had an opposition party that could criticize war-mongering without demonizing the target of said war, inflating threats and laying the groundwork for future attacks. It’s incoherent, tedious and draws no meaningful contrast beyond We’re The Competent Imperialists
Following Tottenham's 1-0 win against Everton, West Ham have been relegated to the Championship. It is the first time the club will play in the second tier since 2011. #WHUFC
Oh cool England used the Beatles to announce their World Cup squad and everyone is really impressed but when Jelly Roll and Bert Kreischer and the third baseman for the Savannah Bananas announce the US team we’ll see who everyone thinks is better
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has secured 1,000 $50 tickets to World Cup games at MetLife Stadium for New York City residents after negotiations with FIFA president Gianni Infantino... and a FaceTime call with former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
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