If you think you’re frustrated by how nasty and unproductive the negotiations between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association have been the past month, you should hear from the people whose livelihoods depend on the sport.
I don’t mean the baseball players righteously clinging to the ideal of a day's pay for a day's work — especially in a career with such a short shelf life. Nor do I mean the billionaire owners callously exercising every bit of leverage they have — and wantonly crying poor even as their teams skyrocket in value — just to save a little money in the short term.