Jeff Passan
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Yeah, and I know this is a bit of an old comparison, but Rich Harden, he's from Victoria, B.C.
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.
Tugboat Wilkinson, another guy right now.
Was he on Team Canada for the WBC this year?
Okay, well, he is in all likelihood going to be β I don't know if he's going to be their ace going forward.
And another Juco kid, Central Arizona.
So the path is there, and it's clear.
And I just β I love watching the games, man, because they remind me of baseball when I was growing up.
There is no strike zone on the screen.
There is no velocity readings on the screen.
That's the thing about it.
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
And until they do, there's not going to be a whole heck of a lot of progress on this.
They're going to talk because they are under law required to bargain in good faith and continue discussion.
But what I mean by they're not talking the same language is Major League Baseball wants a salary cap.