Whether you like it or not, the concept that baseball could be dead within a week or two is drawing nearer with each passing day. Little to no progress has been made regarding the structure of a new collective bargaining agreement and franchise owners are solely to blame for the lack of traction.
Clearly, there is no incentive to get the ball rolling – no pun intended – even though there have been club owners in attendance at these bargaining meetings. On Thursday, we saw Hal Steinbrenner from the New York Yankees attend. Earlier this month, Dick Monfort of the Colorado Rockies attended, along with others scattered throughout the past weeks.