After a one-week break to focus on my new job, I’m back on WISE Sports Radio for some baseball talk (with a little bit of football mixed in).

Baseball team owners and players are back at the negotiating table. Will this end Major League Baseball’s lockout in time for Spring Training? Robot umpires — or an automated strike zone — will be used this coming season in Triple-A. Will we see this in MLB? And as a Detroit Lions fan, is it bittersweet to see Matthew Stafford one game away from the Super Bowl with the Los Angeles Rams?

As we were on the air, reports of some movement in MLB negotiations hit the news. According to The Athletic’s Evan Drellich, discussions were “heated” but some progress appeared to be mad on free agency requirements and minimum salaries. And Yahoo’s Hannah Keyser tweeted that there might actually be some urgency now.

MLB and the Players Association will meet again tomorrow. The pace has officially picked up.

— Hannah Keyser (@HannahRKeyser) January 24, 2022

Oh, and for anyone who didn’t get the Terrell Owens “that’s my quarterback” reference, here’s video of it from 2008:

On this day in 2008: A week after Tony Romo went on a weekend getaway to Mexico, the 13-3 #Cowboys lose to the #Giants in the Divisional Round. After the game, Terrell Owens defended his QB and delivered his now famous "that's my quarterback" line. pic.twitter.com/ISlNSunjwJ

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) January 13, 2020

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