Sports Headlines Podcast with Tony Renteria: AT&T Pro Am expecting top notch weather through tournament; Will MLB players really boycott spring training over unsigned free agents?

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On the Sports Headlines with Tony Renteria:

1 The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am couldn’t have timed the tournament for a better week for perfect weather as there is no rain in the forecast. A great forecast at the AT&T for this week’s AT&T.

2 The favorite things about playing in the AT&T according to the players is the two different courses including Spy Glass Hill. The Tournament is set up in four  different classes of players, Team 1 Pros, Team 1 Amateur, Team 2 Pro, and Team 2 Amateur.

3 Rory McIlroy is amongst the favorites to win the tournament by the oddsmakers. McIlroy is making his first AT&T appearance and is considered a well known experienced player who no one would really be surprised to be on the top of the leaderboard this week.

4 MLB Players Association are rumored to be considering a boycott of spring training over baseball’s lack of signing free agents. According to Players Union Representative Tony Clark there is a record number of players who have not been signed going into this spring training. MLB clubs are going to see their revenue sharing shrink and clubs are now cutting back and working with less thus cutting expenses and even player salaries and that would free agents.

5 It’s been since 1994-95 that MLB has had a strike Tony takes a look at what a boycott would do to the game if the players walked out as there’s four more years left on the MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Tony talks Sports Headlines each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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