MLB season preview: Robot umpires, Dodgers try for 3 in row, Rays return to Trop as lockout looms
Read full article: MLB season preview: Robot umpires, Dodgers try for 3 in row, Rays return to Trop as lockout loomsBaseball is changing at a dizzying speed in 2026 with the arrival of robot umpires, the return home of the Tampa Bay Rays and an alphabet soup of networks televising the games in perhaps the last season before a labor shutdown.
New union head says 2027 MLB work stoppage could disrupt plans for big leaguers at 2028 Olympics
Read full article: New union head says 2027 MLB work stoppage could disrupt plans for big leaguers at 2028 OlympicsA work stoppage that leads to canceled games during the 2027 Major League Baseball season could disrupt plans under discussion to have big league players participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Bruce Meyer elevated to baseball players' association interim executive director
Read full article: Bruce Meyer elevated to baseball players' association interim executive directorBruce Meyer was promoted to interim executive director of the baseball players’ association, a day after Tony Clark’s forced resignation.
Tony Clark resigns as MLB players' union head as possible cap fight looms
Read full article: Tony Clark resigns as MLB players' union head as possible cap fight loomsTony Clark has resigned as head of the Major League Baseball Players Association, the union announced said, as a possible salary cap fight looms during a federal investigation of its finances.
Most US adults think individual choices keep people in poverty, new AP-NORC/Harris poll finds
Read full article: Most US adults think individual choices keep people in poverty, new AP-NORC/Harris poll findsA new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, while fewer blame a lack of government support.
MLB players' executive subcommittee appears to reject insurgent lawyer Harry Marino
Read full article: MLB players' executive subcommittee appears to reject insurgent lawyer Harry MarinoBaseball players’ union head Tony Clark made his first public responses to an effort aimed at ousting his chief negotiator, issuing a statement from the eight-man executive subcommittee appearing to reject insurgent lawyer Harry Marino.
Agent Scott Boras defends himself and union leadership against a faction pushing for new negotiator
Read full article: Agent Scott Boras defends himself and union leadership against a faction pushing for new negotiatorAgent Scott Boras defended himself and the leadership of the Major League Baseball Players Association against a faction pushing for a change in the union’s lead negotiator.
MLB cancels 93 more games, gap narrows in bargaining
Read full article: MLB cancels 93 more games, gap narrows in bargainingBaseball Commissioner Rob Manfred canceled 93 more games, appearing to cut off the chance to play a full 162-game schedule and threatening locked out players with loss of salary and service time.
Chances of on-time spring training start all but vanish
Read full article: Chances of on-time spring training start all but vanishWhatever little chance there was of an on-time start to spring training all but vanished during a contentious 90-minute negotiating session between locked out players and Major League Baseball.
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MLB players say teams 'depriving America of baseball games'
Read full article: MLB players say teams 'depriving America of baseball games'(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, FIle)NEW YORK Players accused teams of depriving America of baseball games as part of a money fight set off by the coronavirus pandemic and raised the possibility baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred might push ahead with a shortened season over the unions objection. The leagues cynical tactic of depriving America of baseball games in furtherance of their demand for unwarranted salary concessions is shortsighted and troubling, Meyer wrote. Players responded on Sunday with a 114-game regular season schedule running through October and no additional cuts. Before the pandemic, players were set to earn about $4 billion in salaries, not including signing bonuses, termination pay and option buyouts. We note that the league frequently claims that it has negative operating profits from playing baseball yet it still puts on baseball games every year, Meyer said.