“Baseball Will Suffer”: World Series Champion Issues Serious Warning Against MLB Lockout

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“Baseball Will Suffer”: World Series Champion Issues Serious Warning Against MLB Lockout

John Smoltz warned MLB and the MLBPA not to waste rising viewership as CBA talks near the Dec. 1 deadline. “Baseball will suffer,” the Braves 1995 World Series champion told Fox News Digital, adding MLB “cannot afford” a stoppage after recent growth. Salary-cap, luxury-tax and centralized media-rights fights remain major flashpoints, with fans facing the hardest fallout if talks fail.

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Shohei Ohtani Exits Game Against Pirates Due to Left Knee Inflammation

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Red Sox president-CEO Kennedy ripped Boston after a three-game Rays sweep dropped them to 27-39, saying “Nobody is free and clear of blame” and “It’s been awful.” He called two and a half months “embarrassing and unacceptable,” but defended Breslow’s job, saying front-office change is “not even on the table.” Fans chanted “sell the team” amid another AL East collapse.

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