I found an interesting story on twitter today that comes from an NBC sports.  According to Matthew Pouliot’s blog commissioner Bud Selig is threatening the Royals with pulling the 2012 All-Star game if they announce their signing of former Missouri Tiger pitcher Aaron Crow.

ESPN’s Peter Gammons has reported that the Royals have signed Crow, but Selig wants the Royals to wait until the deadline date of August 17 th to announce the deal to keep other unsigned free agents from using the deal as a bargaining tool in their own negotiations.

This ploy by Selig is being used to keep the signing bonuses down for players who are not yet apart of the Major League Baseball Player’s Union. 

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