JUPITER, Fla. — If only Major League Baseball and the players' union could cover the distances between them at the negotiating table as briskly as they've walked between meeting rooms.
Negotiators for both sides traded in last week's sun in Florida for the stage of New York City, last week's walk within Roger Dean Stadium to an 8-minute stride around Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. But they tread a familiar path. A deadline created by the owners spurred negotiations — and reports of progress — late night and on into the early morning Wednesday.
The sides agreed to resume talks Wednesday morning, announcing as such around 3 a.m. New York time, 17 hours after their first talks of the day.
