Our Boyfriends are Back, and Locked Out

<p>Patti and the Pottymouth kick off a new round of baseball boyfriends with their picks for the Orioles and Diamondbacks. Pottymouth profiles comeback player of the year <a href="https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/31790458/trey-mancini-remarkable-return">Trey Mancini</a>, and homegrown utility player <a href="https://theathletic.com/2780506/2021/08/20/hes-got-that-edge-diamondbacks-hitter-josh-rojas-relishes-getting-in-a-pitchers-mind-and-under-his-skin/?article_source=search&amp;search_query=Josh%20Rojas">Josh Rojas</a>. Patti finally celebrates <a href="https://www.milb.com/news/toolshed-the-origins-of-baltimore-orioles-adley-rutschman-310345862">Adley Rutschman</a> Day and finds a way to tie it to <a href="https://theathletic.com/2991206/2021/12/01/gammons-the-costs-of-a-lockout-will-be-many-and-young-players-will-feel-it-more-than-most/?article_source=search&amp;search_query=adley">labor negotiations</a>. She also selects almost-Olympian <a href="https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/freshman-of-the-year/">Seth Beer</a>, because we love our Beer here at NCiB.</p><p><a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32772644/advocates-minor-leaguers-forms-steering-committee-give-players-voice-push-better-conditions"><br>Advocates for Minor Leaguers</a> announces a steering committee to create a collective voice, and first order of business is support of MLBPA in the lockout. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/12/02/mlb-websites-remove-player-headshots/">MLB scrubs players’ NIL</a> from their site and does that ever prove a point on the player side. The lockout isn’t even the <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-reportedly-secretly-used-two-different-baseballs-last-season-215050389.html?src=rss">biggest scandal this week</a>, as everyone’s favorite baseball astrophysicist Meredith Wills’ discovery that MLB secretly used two completely different baseballs this season finally breaks. Pottymouth’s CPBL Lions add insult to injury, Dominican players <a href="https://www.diariolibre.