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The Yankees are a hilarious team. I love them very much.

#they will be having the worst defensive performance you’ve ever seen and then suddenly remember to turn on their offense #nyy lb #yankees lb

deliciousbreadobservation

Eclipse solar total en España, 12/08/2026

#wish I could have seen the totality but it was still so cool #astronomy #solar eclipse

We need to remove Mark Walter from everything regarding professional sports until we figure out what’s going on.

#nba

I saw a near total solar eclipse today and it was amazing!

#decided to fly to London on a whim and got to see one of the best astronomical events ever #perhaps it’s a sign #.

ilyapasta

Guys maybe someday I'll finish and post fanfiction again. That was a fun time. When I was doing that.

#perhaps I should.#there have been so many ideas just sitting in my brain #queued

strawberryblondebutch

Missed the point entirely award. Labor is entitled to all it creates. The average MLB player goes into tremendous amounts of debt that is never offset by their salary. Only the ~10% of players who make it a full decade in the league receive a pension. Lorenzo Cain’s family was so poor he showed up to a tryout wearing jean shorts and old sneakers because they couldn’t afford cleats or a glove.

#If they were on equal footing with the billionaires the players wouldn’t currently be under a gag order!#Also. The MLBPA is the most effective union in the US. Followed closely by the Teamsters.#The bus drivers and nurses unions are very much affected by the MLBPA #The effects flow downward! If they can do this to the multimillionaire athletes; they can do it to the bus drivers and the nurses.#baseball

#sometimes you fly to London and vibe instead of working.

strawberryblondebutch

THEIR SALARY IS DERIVED FROM MANUAL LABOR WHAT THE FUCK ELSE WOULD THEY BEEEEE

strawberryblondebutch

The Kansas City Royals generated approximately $330 million in revenue last year. Who deserves a greater percentage of this money?

Bobby Witt Jr, whose ability to hit and throw a ball has brought the Royals substantial amounts of money from fans going to games to see him, buying his jersey, and otherwise participating in their Royals fandom;

John Sherman, who has done none of that, and whose job seems to consist mostly of asking taxpayers to finance things on his behalf

pinstripe-empire

What pro-salary cap baseball fans who make the “millionaire vs billionaire” argument always miss is the critical fact that a huge part of the players’ labor movement is specifically tied to being classified as employees because previously they were just considered property.

This distinction matters to them. It means they have rights!

MLB team owners have twice been told in legal rulings that their labor practices were illegal and a violation of common law rights to labor and contract (1914, 1975) in lawsuits filed against them by their players. MLB players in 1975 essentially created professional sports free agency by consistently pushing back on their league’s unfair practices.

Being an employee is a point of pride for them and is fundamentally nonnegotiable because most of them, historically, weren’t.

They fought relentlessly for a century and a half to be considered employees. Several players were blackballed and publicly smeared for pushing back against the owners for this. The least we can do as fans is acknowledge the work that’s been put in and consider them as the employees they are.

The employees are currently watching (under what is essentially a gag order until November!) as their bosses try to persuade the customers to help bully them into accepting institutionalized salary suppression, because it’s easier for the bosses than holding each other to task and closing some revenue sharing loopholes.

#sorry to add on here op but it was too long for the tags and I had to get that off my chest #I did a thesis on this; when it comes to sports and labor rights I am fully locked in.#baseball

mlarayoukai-archive

having your own money is fucking dangerous because the only person stopping me from buying whatever I want is myself. and myself has bad judgment sometimes

#currently in London because I hate my job :)#free will is crazy sometimes #queued

jannikalc

no you know what SPORTS IS ABOUT HOPE

#believing in the Yankees again. crazy feeling.#nyy #queued

BENNY IS BACK!!!!

#nyy lb #yankees lb #ben rice #new york yankees

George Lombard Jr. we love you!!!!!!

#nyy lb #yankees lb #george lombard jr #new york yankees

This is making me tear up 🥺

#new york yankees #He’s a pioneer and I hope he knows how much he altered the game forever.#The thing is the Yankees love their players. It doesn’t always feel like it. But they do.

Terrible game but who cares, Max gets the W!

#hate when players have to play against their old teams.#nyy lb #yankees lb #max fried

f1 fans be normal about women challenge (impossible)

#I barely go here nowadays because some of these fans have become WEIRD #leave these women alone omg?#alexandra leclerc

First, Hal might actually need money. Second, they need to hire me as the historical consultant immediately. The 1920s-30s Yankees are serious business to me, this is NOT a game.

#do they even know the 1939 Yankees and what they went through??#Hal. You need to call me immediately.#nyy

It’s one of my snarkiest opinions, but I hate when teams thank fans for giving players their career milestone balls. It should be expected (and probably should be mandatory).

I know 99% of the time the fans give it back, but to me it doesn’t belong to them in the first place. They’re just holding onto it until it can be returned to its rightful owner.

#baseball #Idk what to tag this as #george lombard jr #new york yankees

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