Under the Orange Roof

With no scheduled meetings between Major League Baseball and the Players Association on the horizon, St. Pete Nine's Steve Carney takes a look at the last owner lockout in the sport, which took place back in 1990, and looks at what we can expect from both sides and how long this can go on.

Baseball Held Hostage is a special series of Under The Orange Roof, with new episodes daily until the end of the lockout.

With no negotiations scheduled for this weekend between Major League Baseball and the Players Association, St. Pete Nine's Steve Carney dies into other aspects that could come about because of the lockout.  Today we look at some of the free agents that decided not to sign before the lockout began and how some could find themseles making a lot more by waiting than if they decided to sign deals before eerything came to a halt.

Baseball Held Hostage is a special series of Under The Orange Roof, with new episodes daily until the end of the lockout.

With no discussions between Major League Baseball and the Players Association scheduled for this weekend, St. Pete Nine Founder Steve Carney dies into some other aspects that could come about because of the lockout.  Today, we get into some of the changes on the field you might see in 2022 that would be directly related to a new collective bbargaining agreement.

Baseball Held Hostage is a special series of Under The Orange Roof, with new episodes daily until the end of the lockout.

There were no negotiations betwween the two sides on Thursday, but we did hear from MLB commissioner Rob Manfred on behalf of the owners about some of the proposals that hae been made to the Players Association.  Meanwhile, the league has taken down players images from the teams' websites and players are haing a laugh at it, but the Players Association got messages of solidarity from some big names in the labor game.

Baseball Held Hostage is a special series of Under The Orange Roof, with new episodes daily until the end of the lockout.

For the first time in a quarter-century, there is a work stoppage between Major League Baseball and the Players Association.  Saint Pete Nine publisher Steve Carney gives you the timeline of what happened between the two sides on the final day before the lockout, and explains what's to come Thursday for the owners and players.

Baseball Held Hostage is a special series of Under The Orange Roof, with new episodes daily until the end of the lockout.

Friday night, Steve Carney saw the first ad on television that attacked both Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg and his "Sister City" plan that he touts as the only way to save regular-season Major League Baseball in the region.  Steve found it interesting that it came from a political action committee, and goes on to tell you who created it, who funded it, and asks why they made the decision to go with it now.

The Tampa Bay Rays get eliminated from the postseason Monday night by the Boston Red Sox.  Steve Carney tells you why he feels that the one thing you take away from 2021 is failure.  Plus he explains why Rays fans will be dealing with that failure this offseason for likely a lot longer than previous years.

Tampa Bay finds itself in a back-to-the-wall situation after dropping both Game 2 and Game 3 of the American League Division Series to te Boston Red Sox.  Steve Carney breaks down what went wrong in Games 2 and 3, then talks about a former Rays player that has taken up the mantle as the face of the fanbase in the whole stadium situation.

Tampa Bay gets out to a one game to none lead in te best of five American League Division Series.  Steve Carney discusses how the young and inexperienced pitching staff handled Boston's lineup, and manager Kevin Cash talks about Randy Arozarena's major league postseason first.

Tampa Bay will head into the postseason with a mark of 100-62, tops in the American League.  But Steve Carney starts the show by talking about a specific mark that the Rays hit this year that nobody noticed, and it helped them ensure that their best players remained on the field as much as possible (1:35).  He then gets into Tuesday's Wild Card matchup, and while it did not descend into chaos as hoped, it still bodes well for Tampa Bay in a five-game series against either New York or Boston (8:00).  We also discuss the crazy catch that Gio Urshela made on Sunday, and hear Kevin Cash's response to the YES Network broadcasters saying the Rays should have done something to prevent him from crashing headlong into the dugout at full speed. (15:23).  And we wrap up the show with Steve's ballots for the four Baseball Writers Association awards that he doesn't have a role in picking because he's not in the union, but that also means you get to hear who he'd pick for MVP, Cy Young Award, Rookie of the Year, and Manager of the year before the awards come out! (20:11).