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MLB commissioner Rob Manfred: Missing regular-season games would be ‘disastrous’

With locked-out pitchers and catchers due to report to camps in a matter of days, and with owners and players far apart on most core economics issues in collective bargaining talks, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred declined Thursday to officially delay the opening of spring training.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Rob Manfred Announces MLB Will Implement Universal DH in 2022

Say goodbye to pitchers hitting.

Sports Illustrated

Spring training still on hold; MLB owners OK with adding DH to National League

Commissioner Rob Manfred still hopes to start season on time.

Chicago Sun-Times

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MLB players weren’t thrilled with Rob Manfred’s excuses for the prolonged lockout

Spring training is supposed to start next week.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The Super Bowl Will Be a Crypto Ad Onslaught

But it’s just the capstone on a year when the industry went all in on sports fans.

Sports Illustrated

MLB, MLBPA to Meet Saturday for Next Set of CBA Negotiations

MLB has yet to make a counteroffer to the players' latest offer, instead asking for help from a federal mediator.

Sports Illustrated

Former A’s outfielder Jeremy Giambi dies at age 47

Jeremy Giambi, a former MLB player who spent two and a half seasons with the Oakland Athletics, died Wednesday at age 47.

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Former MLB Outfielder Jeremy Giambi Dies at the Age of 47

Giambi, who played on the Oakland A's with his brother, Jason, died in his parents' home on Wednesday. He was 47 years old.

Sports Illustrated

Deesha Thosar: MLB delaying start of spring training is imminent as owners meet

NEW YORK — Commissioner Rob Manfred is scheduled to address the media on Thursday and is expected to deliver the biggest blow yet of the MLB lockout.

Tribune News Service

MLB fans crushed commissioner Rob Manfred ahead of his upcoming press conference

What could go wrong?

USA Today Sports Media Group

Michael Cunningham: Fans of MLB competitive balance should pull for players on one issue

Can’t blame anyone who has tuned out news of MLB’s lockout of players. What’s the point of keeping up with the details? The bottom line is that the two sides appear far apart, with pitchers and catchers (not) reporting next week. Braves supporters just want to know when they officially…

Tribune News Service

Mike Bianchi: Welcome to Orlando, MLB owners: Now help us land the Tampa Bay Rays

Dear Major League Baseball owners and Commissioner Rob Manfred:

Orlando Sentinel

Trevor Bauer Will Not Face Criminal Charges for Sexual Assault

MLB’s investigation remains open.

Sports Illustrated

Q&A: What will Trevor Bauer face from MLB now that criminal charges won't be filed?

LOS ANGELES — For six months, Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer and a San Diego woman have waited to hear whether he would be charged with sexual assault over two encounters that his representatives said were "wholly consensual" and the woman said were not.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer won’t face criminal charges

Prosecutors were unable to prove a San Diego woman’s accusations of physical and sexual abuse beyond a reasonable doubt, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office.

Tribune News Service

Mets’ Max Scherzer says players ‘ready to go’ whenever new agreement with MLB is made

Max Scherzer, like so many others who play, watch, or care about Major League Baseball, is ready to go.

USA Today Sports Media Group

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

The Steroid Era, Part II.

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB ends drug testing for duration of lockout

Major League Baseball has stopped testing players for steroids for the first time in nearly 20 years due to the expiration of the sport’s drug agreement.

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Liverpool owners FSG could lose millions as John Henry prepares for more in US row

Liverpool owners FSG facing loss of revenue if baseball crisis talks continue to falter

Sports Illustrated

Five-Time MLB All-Star Adrián González Announces Retirement

He was a career .287 hitter with 317 home runs across 15 seasons.

Sports Illustrated

How a Labor Lawyer Sees MLB’s Latest Lockout Tactic

When Rob Manfred wrote his letter to “our Fans” on Dec. 2, he explained Major League Baseball’s decision to lock out the players as a tactic to “jumpstart the negotiations and get us to an agreement that will allow the season to start on time.” Then, the league went 43…

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MLB players union rejects owners’ request for federal mediator, urges league to meet at the table

NEW YORK — Twenty-one hours after Major League Baseball requested federal mediation, rather than issuing its planned counteroffer, the Major League Baseball Players Association rejected the league’s request.

Sports Illustrated

The Start of the MLB Regular Season Is in Jeopardy

It may be a mistake to think the baseball calendar will be the pressure point to force an agreement.

Sports Illustrated

MLB Umpire Joe West Officially Retires After 45 Years

Joe West is hanging it up after an eventful career.

Chicago Sun-Times

Record-setting umpire Joe West officially retires from baseball

Roberto Ortiz became the first Puerto Rican-born umpire to join the big league staff in a series of retirements and promotions announced Friday by MLB.

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