As Lockout Begins, Baseball’s Hall of Fame Blacklists Curt Flood—Again
<p class=”is-style-sans-serif”><em>This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.</em></p> <p>On Thursday morning, Major League Baseball (MLB)’s owners locked out its players, sending the sport into its first work stoppage since 1994. The owners and the players union were at a bargaining impasse over how to share baseball’s growing revenues and profits. In the five years since the last collective bargaining agreement was signed, players have received a declining proportion of their teams’ revenues, which come not only from ticket sales but also from local…
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