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Analysis: Acrimony between MLB players, owners dates back more than 100 years

That millionaires are bickering with billionaires should come as no surprise when it comes to major league baseball.

This dispute was brought on by something new, a global pandemic, but there has been no love lost between players and owners for more than 100 years, when players made per season what they now pull now per pitch or at-bat.

There are individual examples of the two sides being at odds: Such as when Chicago White Sox owner Charles Comiskey promised his players a bonus for winning the 1919 pennant. Their reward? Flat champagne.

We all know how that played out.