Ground Hog Day – ESPN Jeff Passan peaks out to see his shadow and the baseball winter continues to extend
- Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt & Bill Murray seek a better tomorrow.
- Marvel’s Dr. Strange & Dormammu stuck in a time loop. - Time to Bargain
- Baseball fans stuck in Time Loop with MLB & MLBPA.
- CBA – MLB & MLBPA - Points of Discussion Pool for Arbitration
- Minimum Wage increase
- Salary Floors and Penalties – Other leagues deploy but not MLB
- NBA model could be implemented.
- Earlier Free Agency
- Competitive Balance Tax
- Draft Lottery – setup to avoid Tanking
- Service Time Manipulation
- Ken Rosenthal remarks from The Athletic article
- 42 is The answer to Life the Universe & Everything. Just ask Google Douglas Adams, author, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
- 42 – in Baseball Jackie Robinson
- 42 years of age when GOAT Tom Brady joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Brady was 199th pick in NFL draft came out hungry
- Tom Brady drafted in 18th round as a Catcher for the Montreal Expos
- Brady was the shot caller as a catcher and as a quarterback
- Will Brady pick up the glove again and join baseball again
- Brandon’s advice – “Don’t Doubt Tom Brady”
- Chicago Cubs – moving Santos & Williams statues to build a sportsbook in front of Wrigley
- Sara Sanchez of Bleed Cubbie Blue shared Cub fans response – 80% negative
- 2018 MLB & MGM partnership begins
- Gambling in Sports – FanDuel, MGM, DraftKings & Caesar’s
- Nationals Sportsbook with BetMGM has just opened
- Wrigley Sportsbook will be partnered with DraftKings
- MLS Audi Stadium in Washington with Sportsbook, Caesars outside Chase Field w/Diamondbacks
- Tampa Bay Times - List of stadiums with sportsbooks –
- When does gambling dollars give back to the community and the fans
- Can Gambling and Sportsbooks keep baseball relevant or is it just a bad idea?
- No sight of a CBA before Super Bowl
- Looking forward to April 5th Opening Day of Minor League Baseball, MiLB
- It’s Ground Hog Day all over again, and again, again, again
- “Dormammu, I've Come to Bargain”
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