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Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 12-14-23: Maybe it’s time for baseball to give back?
In sports news this week, the big news is about baseball. A $700 million contract for a Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher. His name is Shohei Ohtani. He’s 29 years old, pitching fastballs at 99 miles an hour, and when not pitching, he’s batting at a nearly 300 average. It is in no way illegal or even unfair of baseball’s owners and players to earn and enjoy the fruits of their labor. But because so many people around the world are suffering and dying of preventable and curable diseases, maybe Major League Baseball could be required, or at least asked, to please share just a little more of its taxable baseball fortune. Maybe it’s time for baseball to give back?
Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective:
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4470485/Walter_Jacobson_s_Perspective_12-14-23_2023-12-14-162325.64kmono.mp3
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Walter Jacobson’s Perspective
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Walter Jacobson: Good luck, Beatriz, in the Spelling Bee
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Walter Jacobson: I just can’t stop thinking about baseball
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In sports news this week, the big news is about baseball. A $700 million contract for a Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher. His name is Shohei Ohtani. He’s 29 years old, pitching fastballs at 99 miles an hour, and when not pitching, he’s batting at a nearly 300 average. It is in no way illegal or even unfair of baseball’s owners and players to earn and enjoy the fruits of their labor. But because so many people around the world are suffering and dying of preventable and curable diseases, maybe Major League Baseball could be required, or at least asked, to please share just a little more of its taxable baseball fortune. Maybe it’s time for baseball to give back?
Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective:
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4470485/Walter_Jacobson_s_Perspective_12-14-23_2023-12-14-162325.64kmono.mp3
Recent editions
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective
Walter Jacobson: Not goodbye, but see you later
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WGN Radio staff says ‘See you later’ to Walter Jacobson
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Walter Jacobson to air final Perspective on WGN Radio
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Walter Jacobson: Good luck, Beatriz, in the Spelling Bee
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Walter Jacobson: I just can’t stop thinking about baseball
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