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MLB teams are prioritizing profit over winning and that’s not good for the sport

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — It’s a rainy day in the Valley of the Sun, so indulge me while I tell you a rather long rainy-day type story.

Thursday morning at Hardball Talk, Craig Calcaterra, a writer whose opinions I greatly respect, posted a 2,400-word article titled “Braves think their fans are idiots.”

Well now, that is a provocative headline. You’d click on that, most probably, even if you weren’t a regular reader of Craig’s writing. He begins by stating he’s been a Braves fan for 35 years, enjoyed the good run they had in the 1990s and early 2000s, and even some of the bad times.