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.
Click below to listen to the first episode of the series.
Steve Carney is the founder and publisher of St. Pete Nine. One of the people most associated with baseball coverage in Tampa Bay, he spent 13 seasons covering the Rays for flagship radio station WDAE, first as producer of Rays Radio broadcasts, then as beat reporter beginning in 2011. He likes new analytics and aged bourbon, and is the owner of one of the ugliest knuckleballs ever witnessed by baseball scouts.
