With the MLB and MLBPA currently in a state of cold war, the league has taken some seemingly drastic steps to try and Thanos Snaps any memory of the players: At midnight on December 2, the federation decided to remove MLB.com from any references to current players, stories and more.
There’s actually a reason for that, stupid or not: Because of the lockdown, MLB can’t use players’ pictures to their advantage. In short, it seems to be a legitimate thing.
“Until a new agreement is reached, there will be limits on the type of content we display,” MLB said in a statement on its website. “As a result, you’ll see more content focused on the game’s rich history. Once a new deal is reached, the up-to-the-minute news and analysis you’d expect will continue as usual. “
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Well, challenge accepted: In response to MLB’s attempt to wipe out the existence of players – legit ramifications or not – the players decided to bring the fight back to MLB immediately with a punch. hilarious counter-attack: Several players changed their Twitter avatars to the same nameless, faceless placeholder image on the MLB website on Thursday.
It was amazing to see players around the league changing their views in solidarity. MLB can take away our image but never our FAILURE!
– Trevor Williams (@MeLlamoTrevor) December 2, 2021
Because MLB opted out of our participation, I was unable to work with our amazing team of Physiotherapy Specialists who led my post-operative care/progress. I’m in charge of my own PT now – what should my first order of business be? I think I’m done with this launch. It can go😎
– Jameson Taillon (@ JTaillon50) December 2, 2021
The players and league are said to be very, very far apart on any sort of deal, meaning the bad guys will last through the winter, possibly just before Opening Day.
Public displays of aggression in sports labor disputes are often tantamount to a fight between two drunken blindfolded hobos. That stuff is usually fun, so count us all in this one pointless winter.
