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John Brattain posted 11/23/2007 from tonycastillocausedmyfacialtic.blogspot.com [flag]

As Phil Garner once mulled during the strike of 1981, free agency wasn’t strictly business to many players. It was a cause, it was about freedom and rights respecting their careers. The MLBPA has turned free agency as more of an economic ideal than an ideological one. Ideals unite, economics divide and that is why the MLBPA is reeling. I hope that they can right their ship before they become ... [link]

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John Brattain posted 11/23/2007 from tonycastillocausedmyfacialtic.blogspot.com

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