MLB worked hard to prevent this situation.
That was the second sentence of the Pirates' email to season-ticket holders (all eight of them) Tuesday, upon news that opening day had died a needless death at the hands of selfish, deceitful, money-grubbing owners.
Maybe I have a skewed definition of "hard work," but going 43 days without so much as submitting a proposal to the players — after locking them out Dec. 2 — doesn't quite qualify.
