Posts in Major Leagues (MLB)
Whicker: MLB’s salary cap commercials misdirected

“The marketers of Major League Baseball, in a fit of FOMO, apparently thinks the 2026 U.S. elections include them.

MLB is airing commercials that champion the cause of the salary cap, its main objective in Basic Agreement negotiations. The people it features are either very misinformed fans or very bad actors or both. One woman says, “We just want to make it equitable,” referring to the supposed gap in competition. One problem: She’s wearing a Dodger shirt. “

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Antonacci: Axford directs $50,000 JaysCare donation to Port Dover minor ball

“Once a closer, always a closer.

Former Toronto Blue Jays reliever John Axford has not thrown a professional pitch since the 2023 World Baseball Classic, but last week he picked up a save for youth baseball in his hometown of Port Dover.

Axford was at Rogers Centre on Canada Day to close the deal on a $50,000 donation to Port Dover Minor Baseball from the Jays Care Foundation, part of a $300,000 gift to six youth baseball organizations championed by six Canadian-born former Blue Jays.”

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