Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred (left) and Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Tony Clark (right) seen here talking before game 1 of the 2021 World Series in Houston (file photo from valdastdailytimes.com)

On That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast:

#1 Amaury, the MLB Players Association and Major League Baseball are far apart in trying to avert a lock out the contract expires Dec 1st. It’s been 26 years since the last work stoppage back in 1994 which canceled almost half of that season.

#2 There are many issues on the table one big one is the Competitive Balance Tax which acts like a soft salary cap it’s one of the things the players in the past have been dead set against but could a salary cap be part of the baseball landscape in the quick future?

#3 Turning to pro football the Las Vegas Raiders (5-4) were absolutely crushed by the Kansas City Chiefs (6-4) on Sunday Night Football. Chiefs quarterback Pat Mahomes threw five touchdowns and the Raiders have now lost two straight games has the Henry Ruggs and Damon Arnette situations been a distraction for Las Vegas?

#4 Golden State Warriors (7-2) Stephen Curry has been mentioned as being on possibly the NBA All Time greatest players list amongst the top 20 or top ten. He’s been scoring off the chain in games lately around 40-50 points per game.

#5 The San Jose Sharks (7-6-1) have lost three of their last four games their last loss came against the Colorado Avalanche (6-5-1) 6-2 on Sunday in Denver. The Sharks were hit with a Covid 19 crisis putting seven of their players in quarantine including their head coach for two weeks while the Sharks had to call up minor league replacements to fill in. They play in Minnesota tonight against the Wild who have been winning and are 10-4. You got to see the team this month taking seven players away for Covid certainly changes the direction of any team chemistry.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez does News and Commentary podcasts each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com