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Oh, yeah. Marcus Stroman is a Chicago Cub. Craig Kimbrel is still with the White Sox. Joe West is gone.tentatively agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement
We won’t know for another five years, when the new collective bargaining agreement ends, whether they’ve learned anything from the bad behavior. We only can pray.Both sides eventually got some things they wanted, including the adoption of the universal designated hitter, a rule many of us traditionalists deplore but knew was an inevitability when Epstein began talking it up when he became Cubs president 11 years ago.
The Cubs’ epic sell-off in July wouldn’t have been necessary with a third National League wild-card team giving them a shot at the postseason. Sorry, Anthony Rizzo, Javier Baez Javy and Kris Bryant. You were a little too early. Baseball times, they are a changing, and whether you like it or not, everything is probably on the table over the next decade.
[Dont miss] Kyle Hendricks — throwing in Arizona — is ‘super pumped’ about a revamped Chicago Cubs rotation setting the tone » World Series ratings have been dismal over the course of the 21st century, dropping from 25.47 million viewers in 2003 to 9.78 million in 2020. Last year saw a slight uptick to 11.75 million viewers, which is still pathetic for a sport that calls itself the “national pastime.”
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