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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Sport
Scott Lauber

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, union head Tony Clark meet, as more spring-training games get canceled

Welcome to Deal-or-“Disaster” Weekend — to use MLB commissioner Rob Manfred’s word — for Major League Baseball.

Either MLB and the Players Association will have a breakthrough on core economic issues to push collective bargaining talks closer to an agreement by the league’s avowed Monday deadline, or Manfred will announce the cancellation of games and the cropping of the 162-game regular season.

It’s that simple, and the stakes couldn’t possibly be higher.

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