Beltway Confidential

Millionaires arguing with billionaires in the MLB lockout

By Christopher Tremoglie

Published December 3, 2021 6:54pm ET

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Millionaires arguing with billionaires in the MLB lockout — The Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw throws his first pitch of the Major League Baseball 2014 season during the opening game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks at the Sydney Cricket ground in Sydney, Saturday, March 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) | Rick Rycroft

At 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 1, the collective bargaining agreement between the Major League Baseball Players Association and the MLB expired. Two minutes later, at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2, the MLB informed players they were locked out. It is the sport’s first work stoppage since the infamous players’ strike that stretched from 1994 to 1995.

For a profession in which the average salary for a player is $4.17 million, this is just a bad look.

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