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MLB cancels 2nd week of season amid stalemate
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Thursday, 10 March 2022 03:33
Major League Baseball canceled the second week of the regular season Wednesday after days of discussion with the MLB Players Association failed to generate a new collective bargaining agreement.The international draft, long part of negotiations but not until recently a central issue, scuttled talks Wednesday afternoon. A day earlier, the league had proposed tying an international draft that would cover…
Opening Day delayed until April 14? What more canceled games, contentious negotiations mean for MLB
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Wednesday, 09 March 2022 18:39
There will be no MLB games until at least April 14.After talks between Major League Baseball and the MLBPA broke down on Wednesday, the league canceled the second week of the 2022 regular season.How far apart are the two sides in negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement? How concerned should fans be about the short-term - and long-term future of…
Ortiz: International draft OK, needs long runway
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Wednesday, 09 March 2022 11:34
Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz, perhaps the most prominent voice in Dominican baseball, says he is open to the idea of an international draft but is wary of its implementation before receiving significant input from players past and present.In a phone conversation Wednesday with ESPN, Ortiz said the draft proposed by Major League Baseball, which has become a…
Apple, MLB announce 'Friday Night Baseball'
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Tuesday, 08 March 2022 15:05
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple will enter the live sports coverage arena with "Friday Night Baseball."Apple and Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that Apple TV+ will carry a weekly doubleheader on Friday nights in eight countries when the regular season begins. Games will initially be available without the need for an Apple TV+ subscription.The games will be exclusively on Apple TV+…
Players on MLB deadline: 'Sticking to our points'
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Wednesday, 09 March 2022 00:38
MESA, Ariz. -- The pop of leather and the crack of wood reverberated through Bell Bank Park, a sprawling sports and entertainment facility outfitted with turf baseball fields and an expansive weight room. Professional baseball players, somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 of them, threw bullpen sessions and took batting practice there on Tuesday, another critical day in an ongoing…
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