MLB Threatens Missed Games, Paychecks For Players If Deal Isn't Struck By Monday
It's getting ugly in the "negotiations" taking place between Major League Baseball and its players' union.
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It's getting ugly in the "negotiations" taking place between Major League Baseball and its players' union.
Baseball negotiations resumed with new intensity Monday in an effort to salvage opening day, and owners made a pair of slight moves toward locked-out players but put off big-ticket bargaining issues until later.
Major League Baseball on Friday canceled the first week of spring training games through March 4 in the first public acknowledgement of the disruption caused by the lockout.
With the lockout casting a dark cloud over the sport of baseball and MLB at the moment, a moment like that may be just the spiritual boost needed for baseball fans at this precise moment in time.
On what was supposed to be the second day of spring training, negotiations aimed at ending Major League Baseball's lockout resumed Thursday at the office of the players' association. The meeting lasted about 15 minutes.
The latest update doesn't sound very encouraging.
Major League Baseball and its locked-out players agreed to resume negotiations Saturday after an 11-day break.
Jeremy Giambi, a former major league outfielder and first baseman, died Wednesday at his parents' home in Southern California.
The start of the Major League Baseball season remains in jeopardy as lockout negotiations remain stalled.
Locked out players rejected Major League Baseball's request for a federal mediator to enter stalled labor negotiations, a move that pretty much eliminated any chance for an on-time start to spring training and increased the work stoppage's threat to opening day.
Curt Schilling was happy for his former teammate, but then took aim at Hall of Fame voters in a video stream.
The Red Sox are reportedly the favorites to sign Japanese superstar Seiya Suzuki when MLB gets back up and running.
David Ortiz got a very important phone call on Tuesday night, letting him know that he is now a Baseball Hall of Famer.
Roger Clemens was not elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his tenth and final season on the balllot.
David Ortiz is a Hall of Famer.