The current labor dispute between MLB players and owners, which has resulted in a lockout that puts the start of Spring Training and the 2022 regular season in jeopardy, is often portrayed as “millionaires vs. billionaires,” and some say “a pox on both your houses.”
I’m here to tell you why that portrayal is incorrect and why you should be hoping MLB players recover some of the losses they’ve incurred in recent CBAs and get more of the revenue that the sport has incoming.
To do that, I’m going to ask you to read this article from The Nation headlined Baseball Players Can’t Live on “a Cup of Coffee” by Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier.