Baseball's union chief said the owners' proposal of a salary cap this summer was a “nuclear bomb" and players have no interest in the type of economic system Commissioner Rob Manfred maintains is needed for the sport to thrive.
Shortly before the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays opened the first World Series in 35 years between small-payroll teams in the bottom half of big league spending, players' association head Bruce Meyer and Manfred held separate media sessions Friday near the first base dugout at American Family Field.
