Tony Clark's poorly-timed exit leaves MLBPA without a paddle for the storm

The timing is wild, for obvious reasons: Labor war is coming. Clark, if nothing else, was always a good soldier. And at 53, he’s got the battle scars of more than two decades spent at the MLBPA. Ostensibly, he’s entering his prime negotiating years as he squares off for a third time against MLB and its owners, a group that sometimes makes it easier on him to win the PR war. Yet those frenetic paddles beneath the surface took a bit too much oxygen in his final years.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement It was a lot: The MLBPA remains under federal investigation due to its role in a licensing company co-owned with the NFLPA and other sports unions. The investigation widened in 2025 to...