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It may be orchestrated. It could be social media momentum. Or, possibly, it is simply players expressing their desire to get back on the field. Whatever the case may be, several of baseball’s big names have taken to Twitter with a simple message: “Tell us when and where.” From Mike Trout to Pete Alonso, Blake …

This is no longer about the greater good of the nation, or the admittedly pie-eyed notion that baseball could ever really have been a salve for the deep fissures and fractures that plague us in these dreadful days of worry and uncertainty. That was a nice notion, a throwback to a time when baseball was …

Rob Manfred went on national TV on Monday and delivered the wrong message. It is not just that he did such a public 180 by announcing he no longer is confident there will be a 2020 major league season five days after putting it at 100 percent that there would be one. Yep, that was …

Trevor Bauer is calling the commissioner’s bluff. Shortly after Rob Manfred reneged on his recent “100 percent” guarantee that there will be baseball in 2020 and said he was “not confident” games would be played this year, the outspoken Reds pitcher took to Twitter to declare that the commissioner is delaying negotiations on behalf of …

Commissioner Rob Manfred less than a week ago pronounced “100 percent” that “we’re playing Major League Baseball” in 2020. Hold that thought. MLB sent a letter to the union Monday that basically translated to the sides either come to an agreement on how to return to the field — notably pay the players — or …

The one public service that MLB and the Players Association have provided is instruction on social distancing during a pandemic. Since the offers, counteroffers and insults have all been delivered electronically, the only threat is a computer virus. And any good tech with the correct software could prevent that. It might be forgotten to time …

The players basically have told MLB let’s cut to the end game — the next move should be informing the union how many games the owners are willing to play at full prorated salaries. The union told MLB on Saturday it will not be making a counter to the league’s latest proposal. Instead, union executive …

We have not seen one of these in a while. A quarter of a century has elapsed since we were last here. So there has been hesitancy to call what is going on with Major League Baseball what it is, but this is a labor-related work stoppage. It does not fit comfortably into one of …