00:00What would a work stoppage and the type of damage this time compared to last time when they had a
00:06work stoppage, what would it do to Major League Baseball and the damage it would do to the game if
00:11they had another work stoppage of significant time, not just missing a couple games or maybe some exhibition games in
00:19the spring here, but I'm talking lengthy time, like 50, 60, 70 games.
00:24What would something like that mean to the destruction of the game?
00:28You know, I think it would be detrimental, especially we're at a point right now where information comes fast, right?
00:35You pull up YouTube and you've got six-second videos that people want to watch, right?
00:39I mean, things go so quick nowadays that if we miss 70 games, I think there are a lot of
00:45people that would just move on.
00:46And baseball, you know, it's kind of seeing a bit of a resurgence right now, which is nice, but even
00:51saying a bit of a resurgence, guys, we need to keep the momentum.
00:56Baseball could quickly jump right off that cliff.
00:59I really hope that there's not a 70 game out.
01:03I hope we have baseball next year.
01:05And I told you last time I've listened to lots of experts talking about this.
01:09I think most people are leaning on the side of that there will not be baseball at the start of
01:13the season next year.
01:15What is the biggest holdup you think there is in this conversation?
01:19Because to me, it's like you hear the owners want to try to get a salary cap in.
01:24They want to get a floor and a ceiling.
01:27And even those projections on the floor, I mean, they were talking about $170 million floor.
01:33The race spent 106 for the last 79 years.
01:39Where are you getting that money from if you're going to go out there and put a floor like that?
01:44I mean, Cap, they've never spent over $130 million.
01:48And you want them to put $174 on the table?
01:51That's not happening in Tampa.
01:54No, and that's why I think that we're headed towards the shutdown is because the numbers that have been proposed
02:02right now have been ridiculous.
02:04And both sides honestly seem like they're not budging, which is the worst part about this.
02:10I mean, and you say the Rays there.
02:11There are so many teams that can't.
02:13The majority of the teams can't afford that.
02:15The majority of the teams in baseball can't afford that.
02:17Now, yes, the big names that we watch, that we enjoy, the Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, they got it.
02:22But you start talking about the Rays, the Diamondbacks, the Guardians, like the majority of baseball can't afford that.
02:28So we're not even close to figuring out the solution right now unless we just leave it where it's at,
02:33right?
02:34And you got super team Dodgers that are going to keep controlling it.
02:38No, I'm with you, man.
02:39You're not going to put that money out there on the table like that and sit there and say to
02:43the Rays,
02:43hey, I know you're getting a new ballpark in here, but $174 million is going to be the floor
02:49when people like Eric Neander, the general manager there, never spent more than $111 million
02:55at any time in the last 20 years?
02:57That ain't happening.
02:58That ain't happening.
02:58That ain't happening.
