Alex and Bobby discuss Marco Rubio’s budding friendship with Rob Manfred, and read an incredibly inspired column on why swearing might lead to the end of baseball as we know it. Then they talk about the week in negotiations between MLB and the MLBPA, and wonder about what the last few months of acrimony can tell us about what the sport’s future might look like.

Follow the full MLB labor negotiations here.

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