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Air quality concerns delay Pirates game, cause tempers to flare between players, MLB

Baseball has often been described as a kids game.

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2023

Majority of baseball fans excited for start of season

But 28% of fans are at least somewhat angry and 39% are at least somewhat frustrated following the lockout.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 6, 2022

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Sports Illustrated · Apr 6, 2022

MLB lockout: Players’ revised proposal generates little progress; another meeting set for Wednesday

Another day of collective bargaining brought about only additional consternation between Major League Baseball and the Players Association as the calendar inches closer to a delay in the start of the season.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 23, 2022

Before Brooklyn: the secret heroes who helped break baseball’s color barrier

Jackie Robinson is rightfully lauded for his role in the desegregation of baseball. But many others, from writers to train porters, helped the process

The Guardian - US · Feb 21, 2022

Labor Wars: A New Hope (Well, Maybe)

With 10 days to go until the MLB lockout impacts the scheduled start of the regular season, the two sides have made little progress on a new collective bargaining agreement. Yesterday in Manhattan, where temperatures were in the 50s and the atmosphere ideal for some spring baseball, the ...

Sports Illustrated · Feb 18, 2022

Benjamin Hochman: What will baseball be like if the lockout extends into some of the 2022 season?

ST. LOUIS — I’m reporting to you from the future. It’s Aug. 17, 2022 — so, six months from when you’re reading this. That Major League Baseball lockout you and other fans are enduring? Well, it happened — games were ultimately lost. The owners and players didn’t agree to a…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 18, 2022

Baseball fans were shocked to learn that MLB isn’t drug testing players during the lockout

The Steroid Era, Part II.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 7, 2022

Lockout intrudes on celebration, but Braves say sales still strong

Baseball's lockout came at an inopportune time for the Braves, casting a pall over the sport as the team was still celebrating a World Series championship.

Tribune News Service · Feb 4, 2022