Bob Costas has covered Major League Baseball at the network television level for 40 years, watching the sport go through labor strife, the steroids era and the current transformation of the game from traditional strategy to defensive shifts, a "swing for the fences" mentality and meandering play.
Now, with MLB players and owners feuding over money amid a pandemic that has led to record unemployment in America and the shutdown of all major U.S. sports leagues since mid-March, he sounds frustrated by the lack of progress between the sides in baseball.
"I'm less optimistic today than I was a few days ago," he said this week about an agreement being reached. In fact, he said he has reached the "I'll believe it when I see it" stage.
