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As Major League Baseball’s lockout enters its third month, and with minimal progress in negotiations with the MLB Players Association, the league is requesting a federal mediator to assist in reaching an agreement, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation said Thursday, confirming an ESPN report.

Camps are scheduled to begin on Feb. 16 with the first games slated for Feb. 26.

Player profiles, stats and analysis for Seattle Mariners hitters and pitchers.

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PITTSBURGH — Gene Clines spent 10 years in Major League Baseball as a player, then more than two decades on various coaching staffs during a storied career that included nine different organizations. Yet there's little doubt concerning the date and location of Clines' favorite memories.

Clines later played three seasons with the Cubs and served as a coach on the North Side.

MLB announced in 2021 it was starting initiatives to improve housing for certain minor-league players.

Player profiles, stats and analysis for Los Angeles Angels hitters and pitchers.

Between the Steelers' tumult, Pitt's ACC title, the Penguins' metronomic dominance and ownership change, existing frustration over MLB's flawed economic structure or the fact that we're talking about an argument between millionaires and billionaires during a global pandemic, it was easy to ignore baseball's lockout, if not flat-out preferred.