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Players Delaying Vote on Season as Manfred Extends Olive Branch
Despite all the bluster and threats about hard lines, both sides in the frustrating MLB season negotiation remain willing to…
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Union Committee Expected to Reject MLB’s Deal, Slim Chance Remains for Late Deal (Updated)
Update: Don’t read the last line of the main post. Rather than push forward with a vote of whether or…
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Manfred Says ‘This Needs to Be Over,’ Denounces 70-Game Season as ‘Simply Impossible’
Things were looking good after MLB commissioner Rob Manfred flew to Phoenix for a “productive” face-to-face meeting with MLBPA chief Tony…
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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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