When the first pitch of the season is thrown on Thursday, April 7 at Yankee Stadium some time around 1:05pm EST, the realization will truly begin to sink in that baseball has officially returned. After 99 days of an MLB-imposed lockout, the owners and players came together with a resolution that left both parties feeling positive. The details of the…
Beat reporters Patrick Lyons of DNVR Rockies and Jesse Friedman of PHNX Diamondbacks meet on the corner of their respective states for a discussion of the latest news in the world of baseball. After a week of long but largely unproductive meetings between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players’ Association, baseball fans are beginning to wonder if Opening Day…
The man/myth/legend Rudo stops by to break down the specifics of the lockout that ended up cancelling the entire NHL 2004-05 season. What similarities exist between that situation and one currently plaguing the MLB lockout? How did the game actually improve in the wake of the lost season? DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE POD! iTunes link — Stitcher Link…
Major League Baseball made it official on Friday: the first week of Spring Training games through March 4 have been canceled. “We regret that, without a collective bargaining agreement in place, we must postpone the start of Spring Training until no earlier than March 5,” MLB state through a press release. “All 30 Clubs are unified in their strong desire…...
What does it mean for the Colorado Rockies if teams like the Oakland Athletics and Washington Nationals are in sell mode? Should Atlanta refuse to show the bag to their stars, could a Freddie Freeman signing throw a wrench into the works that benefits Colorado? It’s also Day 35 of the lockout and we touch base with where both sides…
It’s official. There’s a work stoppage in baseball for the first time since 1995. And it may not be as bad as it seems. At least not yet. The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) – the basic pact that governs employment between the players and the league – expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on Wednesday night and the league’s 30 owners…...
After 70 years of producing baseball trading cards for several generations of sports memorabilia collectors, the most notable name in the industry, Topps, is now on the outside looking in. In a memo revealed by numerous sources on Friday, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players’ Association have reached an agreement with Fanatics to exclusively produce baseball cards. The Topps…...
On this episode of the DNVR Rockies Podcast, Drew Creasman and Patrick Lyons break down the latest in the negotiations between MLB and the MLBPA, share some memorabilia from Rockies past, and play a new game about Colorado baseball history.
On this episode of the BSN Rockies Podcast, Drew Creasman and Jake Shapiro break down the Grammys, Japanese Baseball, the Hall of Fame, Rockies non-roster Spring Training invitees, unions, access to medicine and more. (We just wanted to list all the subjects today because we’re certain those topics have not been listed in sequence before.) Enjoy, R.I.P. Marcos Carvajal.
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