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Cheers to the end of the lockout, the beginning of spring training, and finally an Opening Day countdown. Patti walks you through the new CBA agreement including the rule changes, the Police Blotter feels like old times, and Pottymouth suffers the first bitter breakup of the current boyfriend season. We celebrate Pottymouth’s restraint in having saved Wander Franco until this year as her Ray’s pick, while Patti chooses dancemaster Ji-man Choi. With the matchmaking skills of our West Coast Correspondent, Pottymouth is set up, maybe too soon, with Heliot Ramos of the Giants, and Patti looks forward to CupCheck and crosswords with Curt Casali. Hamate surgery rears its ugly head but could lead to superpowers for CPBL boyfriend Lin An-Ko.

We say “Ukraine strong,” “99 bottles of beer on the wall,” and “pour one out for the DH.”

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• Kevin Cash's final remarks from the 2021 postseason on a remarkable team
• Baseball America awards the Tampa Bay Rays the "Organization of the Year" award
• First Base will never be the same as Ozzie Timmons takes a job with the Milwaukee Brewers
• Ozzie talks about meeting up again with Willy Adames
• Matt Quatraro eyes on Oakland A's & NY Mets Manager positions
• Former Rays coaches that moved onto managers
• Manager of the Year award floats like a magnet to former Rays coaches
• Rocco Baldelli - Minnesota Twins
• Charlie Montoyo - Toronto Blue Jays
• Joey Wendle moves to Miami to join up with Kim Ng and the Marlins
• Acts of Kindness
• Rays Community with Week of Giving
• Ji-Man Choi aids those in need during the winter in Korea with Heating
• Nelson Cruz, Roberto Clemente Award winner has given so much to the people of he Dominican Republic
• Neil Solondz continues to take on the fight against Panceratic Cancer with the Purple Stride initiative

BaseballBiz wishes blessings upon you all and hopes that you may all find peace in sharing your time and your gifts. Merry Christmas.

Special Thanks to Scott Holmes for the music "Stomps and Claps"
You can reach Mark @TheBaseballBiz on Twitter & Brandon @SportsBlitzPod
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• Tim Kurkjian – BBWAA – Award of Excellence
• Manfred closes the MLB door on negotiations with MLBPA with a lockout
• Rob When the only tool that you have is a Hammer  . . .
• Does anybody, any media or anyone really care about the CBA agreement
• How will International League signing be impacted
• Albert Pujols in Dominican Winter League
• Ji-Man Choi pitching in Korean League
• Seiya Suzuki in Nippon League – plays variety of positions – may not choose MLB
• Masahiro Tanaka left Yankees to return to Japan & play for the Golden Eagles 
• 2 stellar international pitchers who could want to come to the US. Lockout and deadlines may stop them coming to the states
  • Kodai Senga of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  • Tomoyuki Sugano  of Yomiuri Giants 
• Will Albert Pujols end his career in the Dominican Republic
• What the MLB & MLBPA are proposing
• Revenue Sharing with smaller market teams are they pocketing the profits? 
• Reserve Clause by 6 years of service or 29 years of age. 
• Mets picked up Max Scherzer & lost Javy Baez
• Detroit Tigers breakfast did not snag Carlos Correa
• Toronto losses – Marcus Semien & Robbie Ray 
• Atlanta fixture Freddie Freeman, Mr. Braves?
• Kris Bryant could be a good fit for the Mariners or Yankees? 
• Others still out there – Kyle Schwarber, Anthony Rizzo, Raisel Iglesias, Jorge Soler
• Where and why did Hunter Renfroe go? – Milwaukee Brewers
• Eric Cartman, Rob Manfred & the Grinch 

Special thanks to XTaKeRuX for the music "Rocking Forward"

You can reach Mark @TheBaseballBiz on Twitter & Brandon @SportsBlitzPod
Apologies to Tim Kurkjian @Kurkjian_ESPN
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BaseballBiz is also on iheartradio, Stitcher, Apple & Google podcasts 

In this brief episode of BaseballBiz we Celebrate the Victorious 

• Tampa Bay Rays as they are now MLB AL East Division Champs.
• It happened in 2008 and 2010 and now a decade later they are back..
• Congratulations to 
• Kevin Cash
• Kyle Snyder
• Chad Mottola all of the coaches and 
• Erik Neander for bringing such great talent to the field.
• And special thanks to those 60 players who have been part of this sensational season in the era of Covid
• Thanks to Scott Holmes for the Stomps and Claps