Limbo Lockout for Minor Leaguers, Rehab Wreck, NCAA Baseball & Softball update

·         CBA - How much longer will Fans have to wait 

·         Remaining Free Agents how quickly will they sign  Clayton Kershaw, Kyle Schwarber

·         What's up with the Atlanta Braves & Freddie Freeman

·         DH – Our favorite Designated Hitters & Free Agents  -  Nelson Cruz, Franmil Reyes, Miguel Cabrera, Tommy Pham

·         Rehab in a Lockout world, what would have happened with Kevin Pillar 

·         Durham Bulls, Tyler Zombro returns after serious injury

·         What will MLB teams do to help their players to rehab and get their health back

·         Caleb Ferguson - Lockout Limbo means teams no longer provide PT to their injured or recovering players

·         Why doesn’t MLB want to protect their investment

·         Lockout Limbo – Players who are not on their MLB team’s 40-man roster without representation who cannot play in the minors during the lockout

·         Sam McWilliams – Mets – No Mets  - No Minor League  - just limbo

·         Article in The Athletic by Eno Sarris & Britt Ghiroli

·         NCAA Collegiate D1 Baseball  - USF beats UofL Cardinals

·         Recent game results and rankings

·         Vandy expands the game with “Apple Watches” Coaches send electronic instructions to their players on the field

·         Improve pace of play and reduce sign-stealing

·         Pitcher & Catcher rapport - will Analytics replace the Catchers ability to call the pitches 

·         NCAA Division 1 Softball – Recent Standings & 

·         Softball Mercy Rule with 8 run lead after 5 innings

·         FSU defeats UCLA in extra innings to win St Pete / Clearwater Elite Tournament #SPCEliteInvite

·         Softball Division 1 - USF is in the top 25 – UCF falls out

·         No showers and no facilities in Collegiate Softball – just Port-o-Potties by the dugout

·         Mark falls into the past with Lamda Chi Alpha

·         Cricket anyone or Stock cars in Daytona

Special Thanks to Eno Sarris & Britt Ghiroli for their article in The Athletic, "A lockout spent in limbo   . . ." as an inspiration for part of this episode.
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