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Michael Hiltzik: The rich men who control baseball show they don't care about fans, again

It's easy to say that in labor negotiations each side must give a little. That won't do in the case of Major League Baseball.

Los Angeles Times

Bill Shaikin: Rob Manfred canceled opening day, then spoke about it. Here’s what he should’ve said.

LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday, after negotiations broke off between owners and players in Major League Baseball, and three months after owners locked out players, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced he had called off opening day. Manfred did address reporters, but this is what we would have liked to hear:

Los Angeles Times

Mike Trout directly called out Rob Manfred for Major League Baseball’s collapsed CBA negotiations

Mike Trout went directly for Rob Manfred. Wow.

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Major League Baseball cancels start of season over dispute with players

MLB have confirmed they have cancelled the opening two series of the 2022 season as the lockout between players and owners continues.

Daily Mirror

Ant-Man to Avengers: why there’s more to Anaheim than Disneyland (but it’s a good place to start)

With everything from a Major League Baseball team to a live music scene, you’ll find the city of Anaheim is a destination in itself – and that’s before you check out the new Avengers Campus

The Guardian - UK

Major League Baseball Got You Down? Try The Mountain West.

MLB and Rob Manfred might be canceling games, but Mountain West baseball is already in full swing with plenty of stories to follow.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Deesha Thosar: MLB’s proposed luxury tax is designed to punish the Mets

NEW YORK — The luxury tax, or Major League Baseball’s well-disguised salary cap, is being designed by owners to punish Steve Cohen and the Mets.

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Next generation watching as MLB cancels games, lockout continues

With no CBA deal on Tuesday, Major League baseball canceled the first two series of the regular season schedule.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ben Frederickson: Have MLB owners underestimated fan angst if regular season gets postponed?

Whenever Major League Baseball decides to stop treating its fans like spent sunflower seed shells and chewed-through bubble gum, it’s going to have to lure them back to ballparks to buy tickets and overpriced everything else.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

MLB extends deadline to salvage openers to 5 p.m. Tuesday

Major League Baseball gave itself and the players’ association six hours to salvage opening day

The Independent UK

MLB, players meet into Monday night to avoid canceling regular-season games

A few weeks ago, when Rob Manfred memorably said that missing regular-season games because of the owners’ lockout would be a “disastrous outcome” for Major League Baseball, the commissioner also touted his reputation as a master negotiator and, in fact, a deal-maker at the bargaining table.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

MLB: It's deadline day to save opening day, 162-game season

Major League Baseball negotiations to end the lockout are extending to the limit

The Independent UK

MLB rejects players’ latest proposal, all but guaranteeing the season won’t start on time

Never mind whether Major League Baseball and the Players Association will come together on a collective bargaining agreement in time to avoid the cancellation of regular-season games.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, union head Tony Clark meet, as more spring-training games get canceled

Welcome to Deal-or-“Disaster” Weekend — to use MLB commissioner Rob Manfred’s word — for Major League Baseball.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Miami Herald

Greg Cote: MLB players are on right side in labor dispute, but baseball has far bigger problem to fix

MIAMI — Major League Baseball slogs, regrettably, avoidably, toward the eighth season in its history to suffer a reduced schedule and shortened season.

Tribune News Service

Hal Steinbrenner and Gerrit Cole square off during unproductive lockout meeting as deadline looms

In a week defined by long, ultimately fruitless meetings, Thursday’s 1 p.m. negotiation session between Major League Baseball and the Players’ Association was over by 5:00 p.m. By all accounts, it was yet another day of little to no progress, and things ended earlier than usual because both sides felt…

The Independent UK

MLB 4 days from deadline to cancel games and shorten season

Another negotiating session produced only minor movement and no proposals on big-money issues, leaving Major League Baseball four days from management’s Monday night deadline for a deal to salvage opening day and a 162-game season

Tribune News Service

Dieter Kurtenbach: MLB owners, players fight proves they’ve forgotten about the fans

As we approach the end of the third month of Major League Baseball’s lockout of its players, we also head towards the first moment of actual reckoning.

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The Independent UK

MLB: Season to be shortened if no deal by end of Monday

Major League Baseball gave locked out players five days to salvage March 31 openers and a full season, telling the union that games would be canceled if a labor contract is not agreed to by the end of Monday

The Philadelphia Inquirer

MLB takes small step on minimum salary, threatens to cancel games if deal isn’t reached by Feb. 28

While the frequency of talks between Major League Baseball and the Players Association picked up Wednesday, the pace of progress continued to be sloth-like and the likelihood of a 162-game season grew dimmer.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

MLB lockout: Players’ revised proposal generates little progress; another meeting set for Wednesday

Another day of collective bargaining brought about only additional consternation between Major League Baseball and the Players Association as the calendar inches closer to a delay in the start of the season.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: To save the MLB season, give fans the deciding vote

In America, spring doesn’t truly begin until the first pitch on opening day. Unfortunately, the Major League Baseball lockout threatens to prolong winter. With players and owners struggling to reach a new collective bargaining agreement, a delayed start to the season seems likely.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB cancels spring training games through March 4

The announcement came with the work stoppage in its 79th day, and a day after economic talks between the management and the Major League Baseball Players Association lasted just 15 minutes.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Benjamin Hochman: What will baseball be like if the lockout extends into some of the 2022 season?

ST. LOUIS — I’m reporting to you from the future. It’s Aug. 17, 2022 — so, six months from when you’re reading this. That Major League Baseball lockout you and other fans are enduring? Well, it happened — games were ultimately lost. The owners and players didn’t agree to a…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

MLB lockout: Players propose changes to arbitration system, but little progress made toward agreement

CLEARWATER, Fla. — After a meeting Thursday that was over faster than the average inning in a three-hour game, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association don’t appear to be any closer to an agreement that would enable the season to open on time.

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