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Service Time Podcast

by Dominic Cotroneo & Scott Sweeney

A monthly deep dive podcast on the history of baseball labor and what it means ahead of the 2027 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Podcast hosts Dominic Cotroneo and Scott Sweeney take the time to research singular topics over the years that pertain to the business of the game and the battles in boardrooms rather than the diamond. SHOW SCHEDULE (Subject to change) April: Introducing the Players Association & the rise of Marvin Miller (1800s to 1976) — RELEASING FRIDAY 4/3May: The Commissioners: The 10 in charge, from Landis to ManfredJune: The Owners, aka The Lords (the men who shaped the game before Marvin)July: The Business (Television, licensing, and expansion changing cash flow for teams & players)August: The Chaos of the 80s: A split-season, classic World Series matchups, major drug trials impacting reputationsSeptember: The Strike that changed baseball: Revisiting the 1994 strike and what we learned from it (1990-1996)October: The New Millennium: Home run races, new ballparks, and nearly another labor war through PED testing (1997-2014)November: The Modern Game: Technology, rule changes, and parity dominating the game (2015-2025)December: The 2027 CBA negotiations: Who is involved and what are they asking for?More: ServiceTimePodcast.Substack.com Email: ServiceTimePod@Gmail.com Scott's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BaseballsNotDead

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The 80s: A split season, and the chaos from the birth of free agency

Marvin Miller found himself pleasantly surprised by also worried. The ultimate goal of abolishing the Reserve Clause had tumbled in just ten years since he took the reins

Aug 26
2 h 41 min

The Business: How revenue flows from owners to players and beyond

Major League Basebally as an entity generated over $12B in revenue last season as the Dodgers topped the Blue Jays in a seven-game World Series for the ages. But how does

Jul 24
3 h 05 min

The Owners: Nine men who shaped how we see the game

There are many names to remember across baseball's history, but a handful tend to stick around longer than you realize. Sometimes the names adorn stadiums that stood for

Jun 17
3 h 10 min

The Commissioners: The 10 men in charge of baseball

From Landis to Manfred, the “unknown soldier” to hardball, and everything in-between. This month’s episode focuses on the origins of the commissionership and how each man

May 15
3 h 03 min

The MLBPA and the Rise of Marvin Miller

The MLB Players Association has a reputation as one of the strongest unions in the world ... but it did not start with that moniker. In fact, it took a near century for b

Apr 3
2 h 53 min

The Prologue: Welcome to the Service Time Podcast!

Welcome to our introductory episode of the Service Time Podcast. In this prologue we lay out the schedule ahead for the show and what we hope to gain out of the time we t

Mar 30
41 min