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Players counter with 70-game season, 10 more than MLB

2020 season remains uncertain despite recent progress

June 18, 2020

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MLB leaders offer 60-game schedule, full prorated player pay

Manfred, Clark met Wednesday morning

June 17, 2020

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Don’t let MLB owners cry poor. They can afford to do what’s right for baseball.

The difference between Major League Baseball’s last rejected offer to its players for a return to play and the cost…

June 16, 2020

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Commissioner Rob Manfred says baseball season in jeopardy

Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred speaks to the media at the owners meeting in Arlington, Texas.LM Otero/Associated Press file The league…

June 16, 2020

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Playing for free, salary drop, 2022 lockout possible for MLB

Cleveland Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis stands on the Major League Baseball logo that serves as the on deck circle…

June 16, 2020

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Baseball players tell MLB to order return

talks bring end to negotiation

June 16, 2020

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MLB offers players 80% of prorated salaries, 72-game season

Marshall Rich leaves the field following a workout at Grand Park on Friday in Westfield, Ind. Proceeds from the event…

June 12, 2020

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Baseball plans game at Field of Dreams, but will they come?

Major League Baseball is building another field a few hundred yards down a corn-lined path from the famous movie site…

June 11, 2020

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Baseball owners, given a chance to get out of a jam, keep balking

Good ol’ golf – say hello to stellar ratings, and dream fields for PGA Tour events such as this week’s…

June 11, 2020

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Tigers draft Arizona State slugger Torkelson with No. 1 pick

Rockies go with Veen with first pick

June 11, 2020

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Manfred says ‘100%’ chance of MLB season

proposal from league expected soon

June 10, 2020

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MLB players cut to 89 games, want prorated money

Tony Clark, executive director of the Major League Players Association, answers questions at a 2017 news conference in Phoenix.Morry Gash/Associated…

June 9, 2020

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MLB proposes up to 16 teams for postseason

Shorter regular season, but a chance at glory for teams that get hot

June 9, 2020

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MLB offers 76-game season, up to 75% of player pay

Significant step in bargaining

June 8, 2020

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‘Create your own excitement’: Players ponder empty stadiums

roar and emotion sure to be missed

June 8, 2020

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A look back at big hits, bad calls as MLB eyes new draft era

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 version was ticketed for a move to Omaha, Nebraska, to coincide with the…

June 8, 2020

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MLB players say teams ‘depriving America of baseball games’

deal in sight to resume play

June 5, 2020

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MLB players reaffirm pay stance, no deal with teams in sight

More than 100 players, including the union’s executive board, held a two-hour digital meeting with officials of the Major League…

June 4, 2020

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MLB rejects 114-game plan, tells union no counter

for even shorter season in the works

June 3, 2020

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Union unmoved by MLB’s 50-game concept

no closer to agreement for 2020 season

June 2, 2020

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MLB owners, players revert to salary squabbles of old

Players proposed to resume the sport in the coronavirus pandemic with a 114-game regular season and full prorated salaries, leaving…

June 2, 2020

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MLB players offer 114-game season, no more pay cuts

Proposal would see World Series past Thanksgiving

June 1, 2020

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MLB teams cut hundreds; minor league season in doubt

Attendance-driven minor leagues might not play again at all in 2020, putting some teams in danger of surviving at all…

May 29, 2020

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MLB players want more games, no more salary cuts

Proposed salary cuts a ‘non-starter’

May 28, 2020