MLB rejects 114-game plan, tells union no counter
Plan for even shorter season in the works
DATE: Jun 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Ronald Blum
MLB owners, players revert to salary squabbles of old
NEW YORK – Baseball owners and players have reverted to form -- the type displayed over the past half-century during eight work stoppages filled with salary squabbles.
Players pro...
DATE: Jun 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
MLB players offer 114-game season, no more pay cuts
Proposal would see World Series past Thanksgiving
DATE: Jun 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
MLB players want more games, no more salary cuts
Proposed salary cuts a ‘non-starter’
DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
‘Extremely disappointing’
Players not happy with league’s proposal
DATE: May 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Baseball players respond to MLB on virus protocols
NEW YORK – The baseball players’ association gave management a wide-ranging response Thursday to a 67-page proposed set of protocols for a season to be played during the coronavirus pandemic...
DATE: May 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
New MLB rules: Shower at home, don’t spit, mascots stay away
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will look somewhat like high school ball this year under protocols to deal with the new coronavirus, with showers at ballparks discouraged and players possib...
DATE: May 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
No MLB economic plan in 1st session with players
Union seeks more money for players
DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
World Baseball Classic to be postponed to 2023
NEW YORK – The World Baseball Classic will be postponed from 2021 to 2023 because of the new coronavirus, a person familiar with the planning tells The Associated Press.
The per...
DATE: May 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
MLB owners approve plan to start season in July
NEW YORK – Major League Baseball owners gave the go-ahead Monday to making a proposal to the players’ union that could lead to the coronavirus-delayed season starting around the Fourth of Ju...
DATE: May 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
Under 1% of MLB employees test positive for virus antibodies
NEW YORK – Just 0.7% of Major League Baseball employees tested positive for antibodies to COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
The small number of positive tests, ...
DATE: May 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
MLB to cut amateur draft from 40 rounds to 5
NEW YORK – Major League Baseball will cut its amateur draft from 40 rounds to five this year, a move that figures to save teams about $30 million.
Clubs gained the ability to redu...
DATE: May 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports
