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Baseball's labor impasse exposes the game's ugly side while everyone's paying attention

Detroit Tigers selected 5 more players Thursday, Day 2 of 2020 MLB draft, after taking Spencer Torkelson No. 1 overall Wednesday. A look at the class. Wochit

I was having a hard time trying to think of something to write about Major League Baseball’s ongoing labor — war ... embarrassment ... circus ... whatever? — that hadn't already been written. And so I asked for some advice.

“Write how you honestly feel,” my adviser said. “That will be easiest.”

Honestly? They could play zero games, 48 games, 54 or 81 — it makes no difference to me.