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I have to say , I am genuinely

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thrilled to be able to say that

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Major League Baseball is Back

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and we're going to play 100 and

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62 games.

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Um I do want to start by

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apologizing to our fans.

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I know that the last few months

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have been difficult.

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There was a lot of uncer#####y

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um , at a point in time when

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there's a lot of uncer#####y in

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the world um sort of the way the

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process of collective bargaining

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works sometimes , but I do

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apologize for it.

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Um one of the good things about

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collective bargaining is that it

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gives our players an opportunity

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ah to have input on what their

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workplace and the game is going

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to look like going forward and

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they took full opportunity um ,

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to provide that input during

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these negotiations.

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Um Our players are great , great

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athletes.

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Um I respect them and I respect

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the input that we received from

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them during this process and we

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really did learn a lot looking

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forward.

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I could not be more excited

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about the future of our game.

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I think we have an opportunity

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in front of us.

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I think it's an opportunity that

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we need to work with the players

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to fully sees.

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Um but I think that some of the

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things in the agreement are

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really , really important in

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that regard.

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Um I think the expanded playoff

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format will bring postseason

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baseball and maybe even more

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importantly , exciting september

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baseball to more markets.

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I think the balanced schedule

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will be a real improvement for

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our fans.

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It will give our fans a greater

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opportunity to see all of the

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great players in the game on a

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more regular basis.

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And maybe most important is the

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agreement that we reached with

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the MLB.

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PH and rule changes.

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Um , I love our game.

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Having said that , um , since

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I've been commissioner , I've

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talked about the need to make

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changes in some of our rules ,

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to enhance the entertainment

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value of our product , for the

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benefit of our fans.

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Uh , and I think the new

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agreement opens an opportunity

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that we can work with the

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players to make sure that we

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make a good rule changes.

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That works for our fans , works

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for our players.