Players were already fuming over their treatment. Enter a motley crew of career minor leaguers with a plan.
@emmabaccellieri
on how the minor leagues sprung a union on MLB:
By rejecting Major League Baseball’s request for a federal mediator to join stalled labor talks, locked-out players pretty much eliminated any chance for spring training to start on time and raised fresh concerns about opening day.
No family room, no mother’s room, no shade or bathrooms in the bullpens, only 1 shared batting cage. If you thought the coliseum facilities were lacking…
The A's plan to move to Sacramento for the 2025-27 seasons, with an option to play there in 2028 as well, the team announced. They will play in Sutter Health Park -- just over 10,000 seats, with grass outfield seats to increase capacity to 14,000 -- for at least three seasons.
Braved 2.5 hours of traffic only to give up and have to watch the 9th from the In n Out parking lot. Our empty seats were in section 104
My second career L at the Coliseum
#ReverseBoycott
#OaklandForever
*chopping garlic*
My 🧠: This is better than sunscreen/rosin. This is better than spider tack. It’s the perfect sticky substance. Why aren’t more pitchers chopping garlic before their outings?
It was wonderful meeting so many Twins fans this weekend, only makes me more excited for the upcoming season! Thanks to everyone for braving the cold 🥶 and making 2019
#TwinsFest
unforgettable
BREAKING: More than 50 percent of minor leaguers have signed cards backing a union, MLBPA officials say. The Players Association has formally asked MLB for voluntary recognition, sending a letter to the commissioner’s office this morning:
MLB argues for minor leaguers to stay unpaid in spring training: "It is the players that obtain the greater benefit from the training opportunities that they are afforded than the clubs, who actually just incur the cost of having to provide that training”
5/7/18 St. Louis, Missouri
Jogging in from the bullpen, the PA announcer says “ladies and gentlemen, please rise.” I stop, turn around in the middle of left field and take my hat off for god bless america
“… and join us in singing take me out to the ballgame!!”
Proud to be part of a generation of players who knew we deserved better, organized, and significantly improved our working conditions through solidarity and collective action
Fun night at ACES All-Star Evening! Proud to support
@ACES4Kids
mission to reduce the achievement gap in under-resourced communities across the Twin Cities.
#ACESAllStar
Monumental achievements unlocked 🔓(unionization AND being invited on my favorite podcast
@tipping_pitches
) I had a lovely conversation with
@bwags
and
@a_bazeley
about some of my experiences that pushed me to be more involved in this effort
"You also need to remember that the last 5 years have been very difficult years from a revenue perspective for the industry given the pandemic" - Rob Manfred
I got to be part of an exciting surprise yesterday.
@Supercuts
and the
@Twins
want to recognize and celebrate Paul Twenge on being named the 2018 National Coach of the Year! See you and the
@TonkaSkippers
at Target Field soon
@RichardStaff
@_Hornik_
They won’t take my calls. Smh, big concessions is a monopoly lol pepper jack cheese, charred jalapeños, chipotle aioli, and a fried egg 🔥