Meyer, Bruce S
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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With No Deadline Deal, M.L.B.’s Lockout Begins
M.L.B. has said it also wants to improve the competitive balance among teams but has proposed different ways to accomplish that than the union. Among its proposals, some of which have been rejected by the union: an N.B.A.-style lottery format for the first three picks in the draft that could help prevent so-called tanking, a […]
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