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MLB becomes literally unwatchable as baseball self-sabotages again

The start of the new season has been lost after talks between players and owners broke down. Baseball is in danger of fading further into the background of US culture

The Guardian - US

Sad, not shocked: MLB fans take gut-punch of canceled games

Baseball fans reacted with a mix of resignation, dismay, sadness and anger when MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday that opening day on March 31 has been canceled over a labor dispute

The Independent UK

Are MLB Players Allowed to Play in Other Leagues During the Lockout?

Earlier this week, reigning NL MVP Bryce Harper posted a photo of himself in a Yomiuri Giants uniform as the lockout dragged on.

Sports Illustrated

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MLB cancels first two series of regular-season games after players reject final offer before deadline

Rob Manfred stood behind a podium Tuesday in Jupiter, Fla., and announced the cancellation of the first two series — five or six games per team — of the Major League Baseball season. Nearly two hours after the commissioner's decree, veteran pitcher Andrew Miller was asked if the players were…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Michael Cunningham: MLB’s players have good reasons to distrust team owners

MLB negotiators set a Monday deadline for reaching a labor agreement that would allow the season to start on time. That didn’t happen after a long day of negotiations, so they pushed the target back to Tuesday by 5 p.m. That deadline also passed with no deal. Players are still…

Tribune News Service

Major League Baseball Got You Down? Try The Mountain West.

MLB and Rob Manfred might be canceling games, but Mountain West baseball is already in full swing with plenty of stories to follow.

USA Today Sports Media Group

MLB Hurtles Itself Deeper Into Danger

MLB has never been in a more weakened position to withstand a work stoppage than it is now.

Sports Illustrated

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'Manfred gotta go': Players throwing high heat at MLB's decision to cancel games

LOS ANGELES — By the early hours of Tuesday morning, hope seemed to be pulsing throughout baseball.

Los Angeles Times

MLB Owners Fail to Realize Their Own Foolishness

Baseball team owners seemingly haven’t learned from the past. And it’s causing everyone involved in the lockout, including the fans, to suffer.

Sports Illustrated

Deesha Thosar: MLB’s proposed luxury tax is designed to punish the Mets

NEW YORK — The luxury tax, or Major League Baseball’s well-disguised salary cap, is being designed by owners to punish Steve Cohen and the Mets.

Tribune News Service

Next generation watching as MLB cancels games, lockout continues

With no CBA deal on Tuesday, Major League baseball canceled the first two series of the regular season schedule.

Chicago Sun-Times

This Is the Path MLB Chose

Rob Manfred made it sound as if the league had no choice but to lock out the players and cancel games. That isn’t true.

Sports Illustrated

MLBPA ‘Disgusted’ by Cancellation of Games, Delivers Scathing Response to Decision

The MLB Players Association released a statement via Twitter denouncing the cancellation of games as the lockout drags on.

Sports Illustrated

Ben Frederickson: Have MLB owners underestimated fan angst if regular season gets postponed?

Whenever Major League Baseball decides to stop treating its fans like spent sunflower seed shells and chewed-through bubble gum, it’s going to have to lure them back to ballparks to buy tickets and overpriced everything else.

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Sports Illustrated

MLB Cancels Season’s First Two Series, Is ‘Prepared to Continue Negotiations’

For the first time in nearly three decades, several regular season games will canceled because of a work stoppage.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Rob Manfred shamelessly laughed while canceling Opening Day and MLB Twitter wasn’t having it

Not great, Rob.

Sports Illustrated

Alex Wood Tweets Accusation at MLB Owners Regarding Alleged Negotiation Tactics

After nine days of negotiations, the players rejected the league’s final CBA proposal, and the Giants pitcher was not pleased with the owners’ tactics.

Sports Illustrated

MLB Announces Opening Day Will Be Delayed, First Week of Games Canceled

Nine days of negotiations failed to produce a new deal, and the league plans on following through on its plans to cancel regular-season games.

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USA Today Sports Media Group

Baseball fans were furious after MLB owners followed through on plan to extend the lockout

MLB owners really hate baseball.

Sports Illustrated

Report: MLB Players Association Rejects League's Final Proposal Ahead of Deadline

The owners‘ “best and final” offer was rejected by the players on Tuesday afternoon, meaning no new CBA would be agreed upon by the league's deadline.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Could Bryce Harper and other players really sign to play overseas if MLB’s lockout drags into the season?

Now batting for the Yomiuri Giants ... Bryce Harper?

Chicago Sun-Times

MLB cancels season-opening series after sides fail to reach labor agreement

The White Sox and Cubs will both lose games against division rivals.

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | MLB Averts Disaster (for Now)

Games haven’t been canceled but the two sides still need to reach a deal.

Chicago Sun-Times

After marathon talks, MLB extends deadline to salvage openers Tuesday

"We want to exhaust every possibility to get a deal done," an MLB spokesman said.

Miami Herald

Greg Cote: Why CEO Derek Jeter and the Miami Marlins’ marriage grew apart and ended in divorce

The announcement was abrupt and unexpected in a way that partings of this type seldom are in sports. There was mystery to it as well — Derek Jeter suddenly quitting Monday as CEO of the Miami Marlins.

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