Breaking News Phillies clinch top WC seed, will host NL Wild Card series

Rise and Phight: 2/4/22

<sigh> another day of bad news

By Ethan Witte@ethan_witte Feb 4, 2022, 7:00am EST

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MiLB: JUL 19 Lehigh Valley IronPigs at Toledo Mud Hens

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the weekend.

On to the links.

Phillies news:

The Ironpigs, as a AAA minor league team, will be playing a 150 game schedule in 2022 regardless of what happens with the lockout.

MLB news:

You knew this was the lead. MLB has asked a federal mediator to intervene in labor negotiations, a truly stunning development.
Whether it was prior to or after this announcement, MLB said they would not counterpropose a deal to the MLBPA.
In happier news, what if you had to start from scratch building a team? 30 writers were asked this question and came up with these results.
ESPN finished up their top 100 players of all time, if you have been ~~laughing~~ following along.