Happy Thursday, Nation of Athletics!
Let’s start with the quick things first about the current lockdown:
Cool, now that everything is settled, we can move on to something a little more positive.
There have been an increasing number of games and series of special events organized by the league in recent times. Over the past decade, the Little League Classic, Game Field of Dreamsand Players weekend games were added to an annual rotation. This all adds up to the unique location history of the Fort Bragg 2016 Game, as good as London, Japanand Australia matches played in recent years. While many of these games have ties to significant events and pop culture, or to boosting the sport’s popularity internationally, a potential new game could honor a part of baseball history that isn’t. not as often enshrined by MLB.
write for NJ.com, Brendan Kuty featured the $94 million renovation of Hinchliffe Stadium in Patterson, New Jersey, as well as MLB’s interest in hosting games there in honor of the black leagues. Hinchliffe is one of the few remaining stadiums that served as the home of Negro League teams, along with the New York Black Yankees and New York Cubans play there in the 1930s. The renovation is already well underway and when complete would provide more than 9,000 seats for the events, larger than the stadium erected for the Field of Dreams game in Iowa last year .
The Negro leagues have not always been treated by MLB with the same level of historical significance as the National and American leagues, but they have recently received increasing recognition. In 2020, MLB officially recognized black leagues 1920-48 as major leaguesand celebrated the centenary of the leagues with a crest worn by all players. A game or series honoring the black leagues played in a historic stadium is a great way to honor a very important part of baseball’s past and continue the history of the black leagues.
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The best of Twitter
A look at why the league might push for mediation
MLB may have requested mediation due to internal communication issues/misunderstandings. The owners may have mistakenly believed that a lockout would cause players to give in. Now that they haven’t, they don’t know how to get out of the box they built themselves. 1/ https://t.co/8bGOJQK0B0
– (((EugeneFreedman))) (@EugeneFreedman) February 23, 2022
More from a player’s perspective
It’s fascinating that MLB is setting a tough deadline to play a full season on Monday. They locked us up. Had hardly any contact for two months after lockdown. I have yet to make a single good faith offer to even start real conversations to get a deal done. Just make a real offer.
— Alex Wood (@Awood45) February 24, 2022
A look at Max Scherzer’s trading snacks
I already loved Max Scherzer, but participating in the negotiation sessions that will shape the sport for years to come with Cool Ranch Doritos in hand elevated him to a whole new level of respect in my book. https://t.co/XBzOG2nSfd
— Céspedes Family Barbecue (@CespedesBBQ) February 23, 2022
Speaking of Scherzer
A fan shouted at Max Scherzer as he got into his car after the conclusion of today’s meetings: “We have a deal?”
Scherzer: “Not yet.”#journalism
—James Wagner (@ByJamesWagner) February 23, 2022
Hot cobblestone > hot pan
Another stylized wallpaper for Black History Month, this time featuring six-time All-Star Vida Blue
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