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Rob Manfred Rejects Idea That Minor Leaguers Aren’t Paid Living Wage
LOS ANGELES — Asked why Major League Baseball’s team owners do not pay minor league players a living wage — whether it was because they could not afford to or because they didn’t want to — M.L.B. Commissioner Rob Manfred suggested those players were actually compensated fairly. “I kind of reject the premise of the […]
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On Baseball: Trevor Bauer Is Suspended for Two Years
This was before his biggest dreams began to blossom, and before his career fell apart. This was Trevor Bauer from three years ago, over lunch in suburban Cleveland, describing the forces that drove him. “I want to be a billionaire,” Bauer said, the same way you might order a sandwich. “Not because I care about […]
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MLB Letter Confirms Yankees Used Technology for Sign Stealing
Sign stealing has long been a part of baseball strategy. When a batter is hitting, his teammates carefully watch a catcher’s fingers or body language to figure out what pitch is about to be thrown. That is all fair play as long as teams do not use any electronic devices, such as cameras or computers, […]
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MLB Lockout Created Opportunties for Doping
In a sport where a fraction of an inch can be the difference between safe and out, or ball and strike, and where big money is paid to those who prosper, an opportunity to gain an advantage without detection could be too hard to forgo. The M.L.B. Lockout Comes to an End “Sports has learned […]
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For M.L.B. and the Union, a Relationship in Need of Repair
After the leadership of the Major League Baseball players’ union voted, 26-12, to approve a new labor deal on Thursday afternoon — following years of building mistrust of management and months of tense negotiating — M.L.B.’s commissioner, Rob Manfred, picked up the phone. Much has been made about the frayed relationship between the two groups […]
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MLB Lockout Ends and 162-Game Season Will Be Played
It took 99 days of a contentious lockout, but baseball is back. An agreement reached Thursday by Major League Baseball’s club owners and its players’ union after months of heated negotiations will allow for a full season, with opening day scheduled for April 7. The five-year collective bargaining agreement will increase pay for young players […]
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MLB Lockout: Another Marathon Day Ends With No Agreement
Seven days after Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred canceled a week of regular season games because the league didn’t have a labor agreement with players in place to start the 2022 season, M.L.B. gave the players’ union a new deadline, with a slightly different position than before. During talks on Monday, league officials told […]
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‘It’s Not About Me’: Max Scherzer Bucks a System That Worked For Him
JUPITER, Fla. — Max Scherzer drives a Porsche. That shouldn’t be shocking. He’s a very talented and highly compensated professional athlete. Investment bankers, company executives and movie stars drive them, too. And M.L.B.’s billionaire club owners have mansions, jets and lavish artwork. Throughout his decorated career, Scherzer has signed two free agent contracts worth a […]
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M.L.B. Canceled Games. What Happens Now?
JUPITER, Fla. — On Tuesday, Major League Baseball and the players’ union failed to strike a new labor contract by the league’s self-imposed deadline. After nine straight days of face-to-face negotiations, M.L.B. presented what it considered its best and final offer of the talks. The union rejected it and just minutes after the deadline passed, […]
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