Hello, friends.
It’s anybody’s guess how long it is between now and the next Orioles game. The league is thus far maintaining the fiction that only two series have been canceled, so technically Opening Day is a month and a day away. It seems fairly clear, however, that more games will be canceled before the league ends its lockout of the players.
A variety of writers have observed in recent days that the league doesn’t really hit a pain point financially until 25 missed games, after which teams must begin paying rebates to TV networks. If that really bears out, then owners aren’t going to start to feel the pressure until they contemplate missed games beyond late April.