At a 12U girls’ softball game in Sugar Land, Texas, parents asked Kiarious Marshun Hall to stop screaming during pitches. He refused. Moments later he swung a heavy metal water bottle into a father’s face, knocking him unconscious. The man remains hospitalized at St. Luke’s with a fractured skull, shattered cheekbone and jaw, three brain bleeds, and a blood clot. When elderly grandfather Gary Greaser stepped in, Hall and his wife Jazmine attacked him too—Greaser suffered a broken hip and needed seven stitches. Jazmine Hall, an assistant principal at Lamar Junior High, resigned after her arrest. Hall was booked on misdemeanor assault; the Fort Bend County DA is reviewing hospital records to upgrade it to felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Multiple video angles contradict his self-defense claim.

The MLBPA has a responsibility to ALL of its athletes. Not just the top 1% of players that sign mega contracts like Bryce Harper. A cap/floor system helps the average MLB player. All this posturing does is halt progress for the sake of a system where the rich can always get richer.

Morning baseball fans, The Seattle Mariners have hired Jason Kanzler, a guy who has NEVER managed a professional baseball game at any level. Not Rookie ball, not A-ball, not Double-A, not Triple-A. NOTHING! And I’ll tell you exactly why I believe Jerry Dipoto hired him. CONTROL! The lineup, starting rotation, bullpen usage, pitch counts, everything will be dictated from the front-office suite. The manager will be given his marching orders, including how many pitches a starter can throw and how much flexibility he has. Kanzler gets a nice big-league paycheck to say YES to Jerry Dipoto. That’s what this looks like to me. A yes man who will bend over backward to keep the boss happy. And the saddest part? This is what Major League Baseball has become. Managers aren’t being hired to manage. They’re being hired to carry out organizational orders. So sad to see what we’ve done to this great game. #SheGone03 #TheHugeShow

The Texas Rangers recently met with 18-year-old Japanese phenom Shoki Oda. According to sources, the Rangers had an eight-person team at the meeting, were extremely well-prepared, and left a great impression on Oda. Director of International Scouting Jonny Clum, Assistant GM Josh Boyd, and Rangers Korean prospect Seong-Jun Kim, who was signed by Clum, were among those in attendance.

Retired umpires sue MLB claiming they were underpaid pension money usatoday.com/story/sports/ml…

FOUNDERS: Ignore politics and the markets; focus on your product, your customers and, most of all, building and supporting your team. Block out the noise and focus. /eom

Just spreading completely false information. The majority of players will be getting paid far more with a cap in place.

It doesn’t matter if parity is true or not, or if teams were just smarter,... if 1/2 the country isn’t tuning in because the Dodgers outspend their team 4-1… Then, no TV deal, (or a much much much smaller one) No tv deal, no $ for anybody