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Players Remaining Mum on Latest 2020 Proposal Best Indicator Yet for Eventual Agreement
The big news in baseball Wednesday was that Robert D. Manfred Jr. actually acted like a leader for once and…
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MLB Needs to Embrace Chaos, So Here’s How 16-Team Postseason Should Work
Wednesday’s developments have the MLB season looking like a very real possibility, with 60-some games followed by a postseason featuring…
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The Rundown: Manfred Reverses Spin on Season, Players Blast Owners, Sosa Continues Push for Wrigley Reunion
“Some people have no idea what they’re doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.” – George…
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MLB’s Statement Vilifies Players, Paints Owners as Good Guys
I’ll try to spare you too much of my soapbox preaching on this, even though I already exercised a little…
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Players React to League’s Latest Offer, Which Included Snarky Comments from Deputy Commissioner
If you were holding out hope that the players and owners would eventually be able to set aside their differences,…
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Players’ Good-Faith Proposal for 89 Games Will Be Rejected, Leaving Negotiations ‘Nowhere’
The MLBPA made its latest proposal Tuesday, dropping the number of games from 114 to 89 while maintaining the option…
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MLB’s Proposal Includes Expansion to 16 Playoff Teams, No Qualifying Offers, ‘Acknowledgement of Risk’ Waiver
We’ve already broken down MLB’s financial situation six ways from Sunday, so I’ll spare you too much more analysis here.…
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Report: Owners Holding Conference Call to Discuss Whether to Reopen Talks with Players on Restarting Season
When Major League Baseball’s owners rejected a proposal from the players that included full prorated salaries over 114 games, they…
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The Rundown: Frustrating Negotiations May Resume Soon, Russell Unemployable Globally, League Prepares For Draft, It’s Sosa-McGwire Week
I continue to have some (read: many) doubts that MLB will play a truncated season this year. And further, I…
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Perspective on 2020 Season Negotiations: Only 9 Owners from 1994 MLB Strike Still Own Their Teams
History paints the 1994-95 Major League Baseball strike as one of the league’s most damaging events. Thousands of fans were…
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