<![CDATA[Service Time Podcast]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/service-time 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)

  1. April: Introducing the Players Association & the rise of Marvin Miller (1800s to 1976) — RELEASING FRIDAY 4/3
  2. May: The Commissioners: The 10 in charge, from Landis to Manfred
  3. June: The Owners, aka The Lords (the men who shaped the game before Marvin)
  4. July: The Business (Television, licensing, and expansion changing cash flow for teams & players)
  5. August: The Chaos of the 80s: A split-season, classic World Series matchups, major drug trials impacting reputations
  6. September: The Strike that changed baseball: Revisiting the 1994 strike and what we learned from it (1990-1996)
  7. October: The New Millennium: Home run races, new ballparks, and nearly another labor war through PED testing (1997-2014)
  8. November: The Modern Game: Technology, rule changes, and parity dominating the game (2015-2025)
  9. 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

]]> RSS.com 2026.401.141116 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:00:42 GMT en 46bc619c-0dd7-58e4-9371-82d66c9f6167 https://media.rss.com/service-time/20260330_030318_1eb1851d949f859a869f7233516de6a6.jpg Service Time Podcast https://rss.com/podcasts/service-time yes Dominic Cotroneo Dominic Cotroneo & Scott Sweeney Dominic Cotroneo & Scott Sweeney false episodic podcast United States, USA false <![CDATA[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 baseball players to be represented as a group to bring the playing population forward. That man was Marvin Miller, but he had a long road ahead of him to help the players realize their value collectively versus individually.

But during baseball's infancy, restrictive rules and savvy businessmen kept the players down as much as possible. The reserve clause, MLB's antitrust exemption, grievance hearings, suspensions, legal maneuvers, the list goes on how baseball operated sometimes without its players' best intentions.

Welcome to the Service Time Podcast, hosted by Dominic Cotroneo and Scott Sweeney. We'd love to hear from you as we embark on these deep dives together.

Website: ServiceTimePodcast.Substack.com

Email: ServiceTimePod@Gmail.com

Instagram: @ServiceTimePod

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/service-time/2685503 8f4b4ca4-64c6-4b67-a0a4-54fbaa0f1f5d 10430 full 1 1 1 1 false Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT false <![CDATA[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 take to present what we've learned to you.

We hope to create a full audiobook-length catalog by the end of the nine episodes we have scheduled, ready to deliver the history of baseball's labor negotiations and what it means for the future of the 2027 CBA.

Hosts: Dominic Cotroneo & Scott Sweeney

Website: ServiceTimePodcast.Substack.com

Email: ServiceTimePod@gmail.com

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