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Bernie Sanders to Introduce Legislation Seeking to Strip MLB of Antitrust Exemption

Sen. Bernie Sanders will continue his fight against Major League Baseball even after the new collective bargaining agreement was reportedly settled upon Thursday, via ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Sanders vowed to introduce antitrust legislation against MLB:

Bob Nightengale

Senator Bernie Sanders pleased to see baseball back, but still vows to introduce antitrust legislation. <a href="https://t.co/l9MbQh706J">pic.twitter.com/l9MbQh706J</a>

"It would be wrong for Congress to simply celebrate today's agreement and move on. We must prevent the greed of baseball's oligarchs from destroying the game. The best way to do that is to end Major League Baseball's antitrust exemption and I will be introducing legislation to do just that.