Good morning. I’m Dan Gartland, and I’m ridiculously excited to have baseball back in my life.
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The lockout is finally over
Baseball fans finally got good news yesterday when MLB team owners and the players union reached a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement. After weeks of frustrating negotiations, it seemed like we’d never get there. And, perhaps best of all, the cancellation of regular-season games turned out to be nothing more than a negotiating tactic by ownership.