If you’ve been following the blow-by-blow of the Owners / Players Association negotiations - and if you’re a masochist like me, I know you have - this week was one of the bleakest yet. Commissioner Rob Manfred, in the span of five days, went from guaranteeing there will be a season to saying he was not confident there would be one at all.
Whether this is a serious threat or just bluster, we really don’t know - and let’s set that aside for a moment. What has baffled me throughout this drudgery of a process is the number of fans I see saying “they should just cancel the whole season.