Before I get into some of the things said at Thursday news conferences by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and MLBPA lead negotiator Bruce Meyer, I wanted to share this Mets team tweet with you:
MLB owners vote unanimously to declare a lockout of players, shuts the doors, grind all business to a halt and then try to sell it to the media and fans as a “defensive lockout”. pic.twitter.com/yi0Mm9zWh4
— Allan Walsh (@walsha) December 3, 2021
The tweet from Allan Walsh (if you don’t know, he’s a sports agent with Octagon) is absolutely correct.