Quote Originally Posted by dawgs View Post
This ain't the 1980s anymore. Math geeks that have mountains of data on each pitcher's spin rate and exact arm angle don't give a shit about going against the grain. The game has changed (for the better) and the personalities are winning. Bat flips are fun, throwing at dude's heads isn't, welcome to 2019. Stewart won't be blackballed, if he doesn't make it over the MLB, it'll be because he wasn't good enough, not because of some imaginary league wide grudge from 8 years prior.
That has nothing to do with the owners wanting to save money. Which they have wanted to do since baseball started- and why Stewart is going to Japan on the first place. That will probably never change either.