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The Dodgers Aren't Breaking Baseball and There is No Owner-Led Media Conspiracy

When Progressive Baseball Writers Start Sounding Like Mr. Burns

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Ethan Strauss
Aug 03, 2026
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An editor at The Athletic says:

the thing that pisses me off the most about all this lockout stuff, sincerely, is that it’s ushered in a huge wave of anti-labor sentiment among normies.

I don’t believe normie baseball fans are “anti-labor” because of the Dodgers. I think they can just clearly see that MLB’s structure is broken and prefer it be fixed. But what’s going on with people in sports media minding the opinions of fans on a matter fans can’t influence?

Many fans understandably find Saturday’s trade of Tarik Skubal to be egregious.

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