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NEW YORK — MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, say what you will about him, understands labor negotiations. Labor relations, less so — a fact that’s so hard to deny, he doesn’t even bother trying. But the part where you extract as much and surrender as little as possible through ruthlessness and savvy? Well, we wouldn’t have been in this mess if he was worse at it. And so when he offers insights into the inner workings, they’re worth taking seriously. After the latest, and longest in a… Source link

After all that, there will be a 2022 baseball season. And while some things will look different — more on that in a minute — the most important things will look the same. Three outs, 30 teams, one trophy, six months and — this is the big one — 162 games. Nine days after commissioner Rob Manfred canceled opening day and over three months into an owner-implemented lockout, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association agreed to a new labor contract Thursday afternoon in New York… Source link

With no deal yet to end Major League Baseball’s lockout, it’s unclear when the 2022 season will get started. Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper, clearly, doesn’t see that happening anytime soon. On Monday, shortly after reports that the league is content to miss a month of games amid the standoff, Harper seems to now be looking for somewhere else to play. He posted a photo to his Instagram story that showed him wearing a Yomiuri Giants jersey, a team that plays in Tokyo in Japan’s… Source link

JUPITER, Fla. – The deadline set by Major League Baseball to ensure a 162-game season and save the scheduled March 31 opening day is now close enough you could measure the time left to get a deal in hours, not days. If there is no deal by Monday, the league has said that it will start canceling regular season games, and has publicly avowed that those games will not be rescheduled and players will not be paid for them. So to say it was a bad sign that bargaining ended Saturday with the… Source link

Terraria Re-Logic Google Stadia made news this month when it announced it was shutting down its original first party production house, and would instead focus on third party partnerships for the service going forward. But one of those may be on the rocks, according to a recent thread from Terraria creator Andrew “@Demilogic” Spinks. In a thread posted late last night, Spinks lamented about how he has been locked out of his Google Account for… Source link