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Jeff Passan

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2566 total appearances

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Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

They can bang.

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

Yeah, and I know this is a bit of an old comparison, but Rich Harden, he's from Victoria, B.C.

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

I think he went in around the 40th round of the draft out of high school, didn't sign, went to Central Arizona College and wound up with a really good big league career.

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

Tugboat Wilkinson, another guy right now.

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

Was he on Team Canada for the WBC this year?

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

Yes, he was.

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

Okay, well, he is in all likelihood going to be – I don't know if he's going to be their ace going forward.

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

He's good, though.

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

And another Juco kid, Central Arizona.

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

So the path is there, and it's clear.

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

And I just – I love watching the games, man, because they remind me of baseball when I was growing up.

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

There is no strike zone on the screen.

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

There is no velocity readings on the screen.

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

It's just –

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

And it's good ball.

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

That's the thing about it.

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

a good thing or a particularly bad thing for you in in terms of getting labor peace so these are almost two sides of the same coin here and and what I mean by that is the the bad thing is that they are not just like far apart in negotiations they're not talking the same language

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

And until they do, there's not going to be a whole heck of a lot of progress on this.

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

They're going to talk because they are under law required to bargain in good faith and continue discussion.

Blair & Barker
Lockout Looming with Jeff Passan

But what I mean by they're not talking the same language is Major League Baseball wants a salary cap.