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Why the World Series will define the MLB lockout battle

Yahoo Sports argues the World Series is the biggest public relations fight of the MLB lockout; the dispute is already the other series.

On air: Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Vera Bullock on BBN Newsroom
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  1. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe Dodgers. Now, Yahoo Sports says the World Series is the ultimate PR battle in the lockout, and that it shouldn't be.

  2. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThis is a family in crisis, Vera.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the owners and the players are both begging us to watch, while they fight over who gets to wear the shiny ring?

  4. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorBasically yes.

  5. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe Series is the best ad baseball has, and both sides want to be the good guys in it. I sat four seasons on a bench and never got an ad.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThen I pick whoever has the nicer hats. In a few minutes, whose fault is a seal attack? Guess the airline.

  7. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorHats. The future of the sport rests on hats.

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The story so far

  1. Rays Sweep Yankees 4-3; Dodgers and Brewers Set for NLCS · ESPN
  2. Brewers Beat Padres 3-1, Win NLDS Series 3-1 · ESPN
  3. Who is going to the World Series? ALCS, NLCS predictions · ESPN
  4. Yankees' Judge decisions, NFL in Australia, college football unbeatens · Yahoo Sports
  5. Who is going to the World Series? ALCS, NLCS picks · ESPN
  6. Why the World Series will define the MLB lockout battle (this story)

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