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Nick Selbe

Senator Bernie Sanders Weighs in on MLB's New CBA, Calls Out 'Baseball Oligarchs'

MLB Lockout Ends with Agreement Between the MLBPA and Owners (TV-G; 0:27)

Following the agreement by MLB’s owners and players association on a new collective bargaining agreement, plenty around the sports world and beyond weighed in on the big news. Among the crowd? Vermont senator Bernie Sanders.

The former presidential candidate expressed excitement that the season would be played in full, but took the owners to task for what he described as being “far more concerned about increasing their wealth and profits than in strengthening our national pastime.”

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