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NO DEAL! MLB cancels regular season games after parties fail to ... (Bless You Boys)

After major league baseball players and owners bargained late into the night on the date of MLB's self imposed deadline, February 28, reports to the media ...

As for the Detroit Tigers, cancellation of the first two series would mean the four game series in Seattle and three game series in Oakland will be canceled. MLB owners have wanted to expand the post season to 14 teams more than anything else on the table and players denied them that victory. With up to 60 percent of players earning at or near the minimum and the cost to owners being relatively smaller than making concessions in other areas, owners get more bang for their bucks by increasing the minimum salary. When owners insisted on it in 1994 and would not budge, the players called a strike that ended the season- playoffs, World Series and all. It took a federal court injunction after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found that the owners bargained in bad faith, to reinstate the previous CBA and two seasons playing without a CBA before a new agreement was reached. After major league baseball players and owners bargained late into the night on the date of MLB’s self imposed deadline, February 28, reports to the media from the owners suggested that a deal might be close.

MLB lockout: SF Giants games cancelled as lockout continues (McCovey Chronicles)

The league and the MLB Players Association failed to reach a common ground on a new collective bargaining agreement by 2:00 p.m. PT on Tuesday, resulting in ...

It’s unclear when the two sides will meet up to resume negotiations now that the deadlines have passed. The owners of 24 out of 30 MLB teams are either billionaires or multi-billion dollar corporations. Wait, that wasn’t hard at all! And then the extended deadline passed on Tuesday and with it, cancelled games. But fear not, because it wasn’t all bad news. The calendar dictates that we’re not going to be able to play the first two series of the regular season, and those games are officially canceled.” — Rob Manfred— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) March 1, 2022

MLB cancels regular-season games, lockout continues as sides can ... (NBC Sports)

No opening day. A day that began with optimism ended in, well, disaster when Major League Baseball and the Players Association failed to come to an agreement on ...

Work must be done in the public as well. The players see it as a de facto salary cap. The union was seeking $725,000 with raises of $20,000 per season. The Players Association issued a sharply worded statement that said "players and fans around the world who love baseball are disgusted but sadly not surprised." The Phillies were scheduled to play in Houston that day. The competitive balance tax is also a major issue.

Cierre patronal de la MLB: aquí están los dueños de los equipos ... (Los Angeles Times)

Una mirada equipo por equipo a los multimillonarios propietarios de equipos de la MLB que están detrás del cierre patronal que podría retrasar el inicio de ...

Sin embargo, Angelos ganó puntos con el sindicato por negarse a presentar un equipo de jugadores de reemplazo durante la huelga de 1994-95. Pero para un buen número de aficionados durante los conflictos laborales y los paros, los propietarios de los equipos son como una colección de millonarios ingratos. A los jugadores de la MLB los conoces: sus nombres, sus caras, sus salarios.

After talks break down, MLB cancels first two series of regular ... (Ballpark Digest)

MLB offered a best and final labor offer rejected by players, causing Commissioner Rob Manfred to cancel the first two weeks of the 2022 regular season.

Rob Manfred, Dec. 2: “Simply put, we believe that an offseason lockout is the best mechanism to protect the 2022 season. We’re not going to go into a deep dive over what differentiates the two sides– here’s a very player-centric view of the proceedings, while we’d recommend following Jesse Rogers–but at the end of the day fans are going to blame both sides for what’s happening. At the end of the day, MLB presented a best offer that went nowhere with players; Manfred and his cohorts declared a break.

MLB cancels first 2 regular-season series after MLBPA rejects ... (ESPN)

Major League Baseball has canceled Opening Day, with commissioner Rob Manfred announcing Tuesday that the sport will scrap regular-season games over a labor ...

MLB proposed raising the luxury tax threshold from $210 million to $220 million in each of the next three seasons, $224 million in 2025 and $230 million in 2026. The union asked for $725,000 this year, $745,000 in 2023, $765,000 in 2024 and increases for 2025 and 2026 based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners. The 2020 schedule was cut from 162 games to 60 because of the pandemic, a decision players filed a grievance over and still are litigating. The most contentious proposals involve luxury tax thresholds and rates, the size of a new bonus pool for pre-arbitration players, minimum salaries, salary arbitration eligibility, and the union's desire to change the club revenue-sharing formula. "To say they won't reschedule games if games are canceled or they won't pay players for those games that are canceled is solely their position," union chief negotiator Bruce Meyer said of the league. Those figures are based on there being an increase to 12 postseason teams and the addition of five lottery slots in the draft. We are united and committed to negotiating a fair deal that will improve the sport for Players, fans and everyone who loves our game." Members of the union's executive subcommittee stand to lose the most, with Max Scherzer forfeiting $232,975 for each regular-season day lost and Gerrit Cole $193,548. "This is not just about shifting pieces of the pie around," free-agent pitcher Andrew Miller said. This fight was years in the making, with players angered that payrolls decreased by 4% from 2015 through last year. Against the backdrop of growing revenues and record profits, we are seeking nothing more than a fair agreement. "Players and fans around the world who love baseball are disgusted, but sadly not surprised.

MLB cancels opening day after players, league fail to reach lockout ... (KTLA)

Major League Baseball's financial fight cost regular-season games for the first time in 27 years when often acrimonious talks to end a management lockout ...

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