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MLB Saturday is the 100th Day without Baseball.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-Gonzalez

If this saying is accurate, we have nothing but losers so far during this negotiations between owners and players. “In any negotiation, the one who first gives a number is the loser”. Both sides have been throwing number(s) for amount of games they wish to play.

“You must never try to make all the money that’s in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won’t have many deals.” – J. Paul Getty

He was once one of the richest men in the world, American-born oil billionaire who was very frugal. So much, that he once negotiated with some low life characters who were the kidnappers of his own grandson.

The current negotiations between these two sides trying to resolve this impasse in baseball have a turbulent history. It is almost like a couple that has lived together for decades, marrying and divorcing and re-marrying and divorcing. Kind of a crazy relationship, but it is what it is.

Yesterday the players union proposed a 70 game season, just a few hours later it was rejected by the owners, represented by Commissioner Rob Manfred..

We are left this weekend in sort of a limbo waiting for some news. The Commissioner still have by decree the nuclear option, that to order a 50 game season, to start at a specific day.

If and when a deal is finally reached and both sides have it totally approved, the person that will make the announcement will be Rob Manfred. That is his job and history will judge him for his leadership or lack off during this wild 2020.

In the meantime, stay well and stay tuned.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the vice president of the Major League Baseball Hispanic Heritage Museum located at the Oakland Coliseum and does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsadioservice.com