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“I think at the end of the day, the two sides are very reluctant to push this to the brink or over the brink. It just makes no sense. But until you get to the brink, there is going to be jockeying and posturing.”
Andrew Zimbalist
“I think the press has been sucked in by the rhetoric of brinkmanship. I've been optimistic all along.”
“What [the players] say and what the owners say, you have to discount, ... Both sides are trying to stake out some leverage and bargaining position.”
“[But Epstein] doesn't walk on water, ... He's certainly not infallible, and the Red Sox still have a bright future without him.”
“But in terms of the competitive balance, that's very problematic. It's not likely it's going to have any significant effect at all. We still have a highly significant correlation between payroll and performance. That's really all we're talking about.”
“The market's been soft, ... and I think that's mostly a result of the new provisions in the collective bargaining agreement.”
“I don't believe that that's correct at all,”
“I think that there clearly has been some impact. It's a little early to assess the full impact,”
“It seems to me what necessarily has to happen is some concessions from both sides. Whether that is a victory for owners or victory for players, I'm not sure, ... Baseball and Billions.”
“It will continue the cycle; I think it has to. It's positive to have serious corporations that have the business background to do that kind of work necessary to run teams today.”
