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Games haven’t been canceled but the two sides still need to reach a deal.

"We want to exhaust every possibility to get a deal done," an MLB spokesman said.

The announcement was abrupt and unexpected in a way that partings of this type seldom are in sports. There was mystery to it as well — Derek Jeter suddenly quitting Monday as CEO of the Miami Marlins.

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

The two sides are back at the bargaining table Tuesday morning.

MLB and its players association held their longest day of collective bargaining yet this winter, faced with owner-imposed deadline to preserve full season.

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.

Protracted labor dispute, other issues threaten to send the sport the way of the dinosaurs.

Every baseball fan remembers the moments that made them fall in love with the game.

MLB’s lockout already delayed the start of Spring Training. And judging by the sorry state of negotiations on the day MLB said was the last to ensure a March 31 Opening Day and a 162-game season, players on 40-man rosters won’t see live competitive baseball action for quite some time.

Tommy Tanks just will not stop hitting home runs.