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Labor strife looms over MLB Opening Day
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A potential player lockout before the 2027 season looms over Major League Baseball.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says offseason lockouts should be the new norm.
The Tampa Bay Rays are facing a big hole in their stadium.
The Los Angeles Angels superfan Matt Welch gets mentioned in a rather dour preview of the Angels' season.
The Rays only pulled 16,500 fans on average to home games last season.
The league wants to keep the team in Tampa, but attendance numbers beg to differ.
It seems as though midmajor schools are getting fewer at-large bids, so even if there's a good upset by a No. 12 or 11 seed, it's more likely to be Generic SEC University.
(This might be the weirdest goal in history) pic.twitter.com/8VViy9GLIm — B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) March 22, 2025 We very nearly had a goalie fight, which would have been a guaranteed replay of the week. Alas. That's all for now. Enjoy watching the real game of the week coming up on Sunday, when UFL defending champs Birmingham Stallions take on the D.C. Defenders and (hopefully) a lengthy beer snake..
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