Dan Szymborski

I mean, it could be that the owners are throwing out a lot and these are negotiating positions and will kind of get down and distill it to the real issues before too much time is lost this winter.

But it's hard to tell because owners and players do not have a great history of amicable agreements.

I think...

Well, if we're just talking the lockout, I think there's probably a 90% chance of a work stop, which I can see that there is some value in crystallizing these issues early, and then everyone puts their cards on the table, and you're not doing this whole process of filling each other out.

I don't know if they'll get results, though, and that's a big deal.

I think that we're probably, once there is a lockout in place, I think we're 50-50 about losing games.

I don't believe that we're going to be in a situation where we lose the entire season, because I think that's a disaster for both parties.

And they'll both be, at that point, be fighting for larger shares of a smaller pie.

And it will be smaller if baseball misses a season.

But I can see us having a 140-game season or something.

And I don't think that's great, but it probably wouldn't kill fan interest if you lose a couple weeks in April.

And there are a lot more entertainment options.

I mean, in 1994, people at home didn't have every movie that ever existed within one click of watching.

No, and I'm not a fan of the balkanization, I call it, of the streaming services because it's always like, okay, this one game on Wednesday, you can only watch on your smart refrigerator by Frigidaire.

Like, what?

Or some –

Some streaming service you've never heard.

It's Zupadoo.

They have the Tuesday night games after 5 p.m.

but before 8 p.m.