100% of Not Enough

<p>The sh*t hits the fan as MLBPA calls MLB’s “we are 100% going to have a season this year” bluff and says they are ready to play<a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/after-weeks-of-ugliness-labor-warfare-is-back-in-baseball-024431382.html"> just tell us where and when</a>. The League instead counters with a requirement that <a href="https://nesn.com/2020/06/mlbpa-disgusted-with-rob-manfreds-latest-comments-on-mlb-season/">players waive their rights</a> to legal claims against them. With all the instances of bad faith on the part of the owners, the remaining question is will Rob Manfred resign or be asked to leave? Meanwhile, Florida is bursting with sports bubbles, hosting the NBA, the MLS, and the WNBA as they start seasons later this summer. The <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/wnba-announces-plans-to-play-season-at-img-academy-in-florida-with-22-regular-season-games-regular">WNBA players</a>, as an example of how professional sports might work in a pandemic, are receiving their full salaries while playing a shortened season. So noted that they already aren’t being paid what they are worth, but the point is there.</p><p><br></p><p>Meanwhile, players, team executives, the League, and associated businesses take steps both big and small to address systemic racism in MLB and in their own lives. <a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/2020/06/10/boston-red-sox-confirm-torii-hunter-racist-slurs-fenway-park">The Red Sox</a> acknowledge racist incidents at games, call out the fans responsible, and vow to do better. Directors of Baseball Operations for all 30 teams seize the attention of the draft to express a message of “<a href="https://theathletic.com/1868382/2020/06/12/rosenthal-how-some-execs-spurred-mlbs-black-lives-matter-statement-on-draft-night/">Black Lives Matter. United for Change</a>.” The words are backed up by $1 million in donations to organizations working to end racial injustice, and by commitments to address recruiting and hiring practices. Even <a href="https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2020