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The most influential players huddled virtually all weekend to discuss where they stood on MLB’s last offer, including with slight modifications that came Sunday. But all indications were they remained resolved against accepting the current version of a proposed 60-game season. That will only push commissioner Rob Manfred to more seriously move toward pressing the …
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Well, let’s hope you enjoyed the 13 minutes in which professional baseball players enjoyed prosperity in the court of public opinion. If you blinked you missed it all, kind of like Kevin Maas’ career as Yankee Clipper 2.0. It isn’t that the MLBPA was wrong to counter the owners’ 60-game schedule Thursday with one 10 …
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The third person in a room with Tony Clark and Rob Manfred shouldn’t be a UFC referee, it should be a court stenographer. As we have learned with these two sides, they are never going to agree to agree even on what they supposedly have agreed upon. One man’s framework is another’s proposal. The difference …
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Read More: MLB 2020 season threatened by utter compensation nonsense Clock is suddenly ticking on MLB’s 82-game season proposal MLB doesn’t make economic proposal in lengthy union meeting MLB blew its chance to lead sports’ coronavirus return
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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 …
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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 …
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There remains no outward signs MLB and the players’ association are moving toward each other in time to begin the regular season with the optimum start, Independence Day weekend. The MLB Players Association released a statement Thursday evening saying that its executive board and more than 100 players talked via conference call and recommitted to …
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On the bright side, no one calls baseball “boring” at the moment. These heated negotiations to restart the 2020 season continue to entertain, even as they present absolutely terrible optics to a country coping simultaneously with a social crisis and a pandemic. Here are three thoughts on the latest developments: 1. If you’re wondering whether …
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MLB and the players association have now swapped financial proposals with each expressing distaste for the opposing plan. And while that keeps the sides far away from an agreement to restart the game, they do continue to heighten a war of words. The players association, represented by executive director Tony Clark and lead negotiator Bruce …
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Fantasy Baseball, 2020: On April 1, Rob Manfred and Tony Clark (imaginarily) held this joint Zoom news conference. Manfred: Tony and I have decided to cancel the 2020 Major League Baseball season today. We see too many hurdles to clear, too many logistical dilemmas to ponder, too many people suffering. All tickets purchased for the …
The most influential players huddled virtually all weekend to discuss where they stood on MLB’s last offer, including with slight modifications that came Sunday. But all indications were they remained resolved against accepting the current version of a proposed 60-game season. That will only push commissioner Rob Manfred to more seriously move toward pressing the …
