Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Just as the pandemic was lightening up, businesses that depend on spring training face another hurdle with the MLB labor dispute. First COVID, now a lockout: MLB labor dispute latest blow for ...
Feb. 12—Major League Baseball's latest offer to players in the ongoing labor negotiations reportedly won't be sufficient to produce a deal, meaning the start of spring training will likely be ...
The end result: labor peace restored through 2026, but a winter devoid of baseball buzz, and the second-longest work stoppage in MLB history. In his news conference Thursday, Manfred said he would ...
The 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout was the ninth work stoppage in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. It began at 12:01 a.m. EST on December 2, 2021, after MLB owners voted unanimously to enact a lockout upon the expiration of the 2016 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA).
MLB also canceled the 2020 London Series games, which would have featured the Chicago Cubs playing the St. Louis Cardinals at London Stadium. [33] The COVID-19 pandemic was the biggest interruption of the MLB season since 2001 when several games were postponed due to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
In another sign of the disruption caused by baseball's ninth work stoppage, MLB canceled three more days of spring training games through March 7. Manfred joins in, MLB lockout talks appear to ...
ESPN persuaded the producers of The Last Dance, a documentary covering the 1997–98 Chicago Bulls season, to expedite post-production so the show could debut on April 19 in place of Sunday Night Baseball. The 10-part series averaged 6.71 million viewers, making it the most-watched non-sports program in ESPN history.
Feb. 28—Major League Baseball's regular season is scheduled to begin a month from now. There is still no new labor deal. Barring a dramatic shift, it is likely opening day will be delayed.