MLB Players: “Tell us when and where” Twitter brigade is in full force
The back and forth bickering of the owner and MLB players is now unraveling.
Will there be a baseball season in 2020? At one point Commissioner Rob Manfred was 100% sure there would be baseball played this year. Now he is less sure. With the news going public that 6 to 8 owners don’t want any games, MLB players are taking to Twitter with their “tell us when and where” ploy.
Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels was quick to send out a tweet in reply to a formal statement released by the MLBPA Executive Director Tony Clark.
Tell us when and where!! https://t.co/zPMbehld1n
— Mike Trout (@MikeTrout) June 16, 2020
Since then, the tweet has been retweeted with the same message by several baseball players including Bryce Harper and Pete Alonso.
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The players have never wavered in their show of support for one another. Whether it be major-league players coming to the defense of one another. Whether it be MLB players willing to pay the salaries of minor league players in their organization once owners initially said they would not. Whether it’s Trevor Bauer blasting everyone and everything who doesn’t support the MLBPA.
The “tell us when and where” movement put forth by the players sends a stronger message to fans than it does to owners. What fans see, on the surface, is the willingness of players to play at any cost. The monetary terms with which were once leaked from the owner’s proposal are left out of this simple tweet.
The players are building trust in the community of fans, which has never wavered amongst themselves.
The court of public opinion is a very important part of the game, whether there are games this year or not.
In the midst of a global pandemic and social unrest in a country that once called baseball its National Pastime, players and owners alike have shown they will hold no punches.
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A commissioner gone rogue, owners threatening to pull the plug, and players tweeting in solidarity. What can we expect from this game next?