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You know, richard from kyiv. keir from moscow. >> willie, 50 years of "morning joe," and 50 years of, how do i get to the wi-fi? hold on a second. mr. gates is in seattle right now. >> it seems a little off topic. >> were not off topic. this is what were all thinking about. ill tell you what america is thinking about, willie, baseball. it is unbelievable. these owners, and specifically the owners that are at the table negotiating this, are just awful. they have basically sold out baseball. theyv...

Commissioner rob manfred photographed practicing his golf swing, the back of the "daily news." height of negotiations, they thought they had a breakthrough monday night. they were closer. the league, in particular, thought they were close. players association said, hey, this is a good step but we still have divides to bridge. yesterday, tone got tougher. it fell apart. rob manfred was more concerned about golf swing than figuring out the season. >> the man is killing baseball, willie geist. he i...

Appreciate this. i dont think major league baseball appreciates this. theyd rather be playing fortnite than watching a yankee game until 10:00 at night. >> this is risky for baseball. two years of covid. people lost habits. this is a chance to basically get off your electronic toys, get out and do things again. >> yeah. >> i think this is stunningly short-sighted, about losing a generation, not reinforcing, if you will, the baseball muscle or habit. it wont be americas game. people learn to live...

Wed go around pretending we were hank aaron or willie mays or you name it. by 76, mark "the bird." i remember america stopped that night when mark went on the mound in monday night baseball. baseball wuss on the mound. >> it is not americas game now. it isnt. football is. basketball probably is second. baseball is hurting itself. richard haass is right, this is more than a missed opportunity. this is self-harm. there you have it. i mean, its self-harm. it goes down another notch. >> okay. richar...

Im sitting there with my 13-year-old boy, and were watching the games. im on the phone with my other boys talking about the games. friends are talking about games. fantasy football league. football, the nfl, for all its problems, everybody is going to be waiting for opening kick-off next year. with baseball, seriously, people like mike barnicle and me, it is a health crisis every time the red sox make it into the playoffs because we got to stay up too late. guess who else is not staying up late,...

Greater share of the money than we have now. there was a good faith offer put out by the players. the owners rejected that. now opening day of the baseball season is going to be pushed back. it is pushed back already as of yesterday when they couldnt reach a deal, jonathan lemire. weve talked about our kids who, you know, there are a lot of kids who are on the fence anyway about baseball, given all the entertainment options. kids up trying to watch a yankee game and it is 9:30 at night, the four...

The table, theyre horrid. they dont give a damn about the game. they dont give a damn about the sport. theyre basically telling the players, screw you guys. we dont care if theres not baseball in april or may. screw you guys. screw the fans. we dont love the game. were just going to sit here. i mean, its really such a disgrace. after fans have sat through two years of covid-shortened seasons, now the greed of these owners at the table is driving baseball into the ground. >> i would like to say, ...

Cba, they got the short end of the stick. they took a harder posture this time. max scherzer at the table, as well. joe is right. the owners here, its hard to not put most of the blame at their feet. a lot of the small market owners, in particular, who i have been told said theyd be okay with no baseball in april because they dont make much money in april anyway. they have a hard time drawing fans to the ballpark. theyre willing to throw away a month of the season. this is most damning of all, o...