While we wait to see how Major League Baseball players field this 82-game proposal from their bosses, here’s a proposal for both parties.
The COVID-19 pandemic had claimed nearly 80,000 U.S. lives as of Monday afternoon. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the U.S. economy lost 20.5 million jobs last month. The unemployment rate, 14.7 percent, is the worst since the Great Depression.
That puts the common man’s tolerance level for bickering between billionaire owners and millionaire players at — let me check the latest poll — somewhere around zero percent. Average Joe would love to watch a baseball game to keep from worrying about his bank account.