Will Sosa return to Wrigley and will we have baseball in 2020?
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On this Cubs Talk Podcast David Kaplan and Gordon Wittenmyer debate if Sammy Sosa will return to Wrigley Field and the chances of baseball returning in 2020.
1:30 Sammy Sosa says he wants to return to the Cubs
3:30 Would bringing Sammy back to Wrigley be the feel-good story we need right now?
6:00 Gordon won’t vote for Sosa for the Hall of Fame
10:30 St. Louis Cardinals owner Bill DeWitt says MLB isn’t very profitable
13:15 Is the latest MLB proposal a step towards playing baseball in 2020?
16:00 Will animosity between players & owners affect negotiations for the next CBAt?
19:00 There is too much at stake to not play baseball in 2020
20:00 Will baseball be better hiring people of color in the coming years?
24:00 The lack of sense of urgency on both sides to make a deal to play baseball
26:45 Theo Epstein would be a great commissioner of baseball
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