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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred now less confident about 2020 season — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN on Monday he's “not confident” there will be a 2020 baseball season and that “as long as there's no dialogue” with the MLB Players Association, “that real risk is going to continue.”
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Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
Commissioner Rob Manfred says baseball season in jeopardy — NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says there might be no major league games this year after a breakdown in talks between teams and the players' union on how to split up money in a season delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Several Major League Baseball players and coaches have tested positive for COVID-19 — Major League Baseball informed the players union Monday that several major-league players and coaches have tested positive for COVID-19, believing it might be unsafe to start the season early even if they soon reach …
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Dr. Anthony Fauci says MLB should consider not playing into October — How long should baseball's short season extend? — The players say November. The owners say October. — But, if the sole factor is minimizing risk for the novel coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci said the major leagues …
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
MLB tells union it won't start season unless players waive right to grievance hearing — Five days after Commissioner Rob Manfred guaranteed there would be a 2020 season, Major League Baseball suggested it might cancel the season entirely. — In a letter to the players' union …
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Alex Didion / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Rob Manfred now ‘not confident’ that 2020 MLB season will be played — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — The likelihood of seeing the Giants or A's take the field in a 2020 MLB season continues to dwindle. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN's Mike Greenberg that he now …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
With 2020 negotiations stalled, MLB ponders the next move — Baseball union chief Tony Clark told Major League Baseball on Saturday to let the players know when and where to show up for work. — The wait continues. — MLB owners huddled Monday on a conference call and decided that they'll …
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J.J. Cooper / Baseball America:
MLB Pushes International Signing Period Start Back To Jan. 15 — When it comes to baseball's calendar, July 2 is now Jan. 15. — The start of the international signing period has been officially moved back by more than six months, MLB informed Baseball America on Monday.
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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
2020-21 MLB International Bonus Pools
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB players reject latest offer, ask league to set 2020 season schedule
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MLB Insiders / ESPN:
‘Long Gone Summer’ roundtable: How we remember Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and HR race of '98 — What was your favorite memory of the 1998 home run race? — Jesse Rogers: The month of June was really unreal. Sosa hit 20 home runs in the month, which was unheard of back then. That month really began the race.
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
How shortsighted greed is tearing baseball apart
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The Athletic:
MLB does not want to implement schedule, fears grievance from players — The owners threatened to implement a season. The players told them to go ahead, and effectively might have called the owners' bluff. — The risk to the owners in determining the length of the season and inviting …
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Marc Weiszer / USA Today:
Bacarri Rambo, former Georgia All-American, arrested on rape charge — Former Georgia All-American safety Bacarri Rambo was arrested late Monday night on a charge of rape. — Athens-Clarke County Police responded to a rape call on Saturday at 1:17 a.m. The incident took place at 150 W. Broad Street …
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Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
MLB tells teams scouting activities can resume, source says — Major League Baseball informed clubs on Monday that they can resume scouting activities, ending the ban that was instituted on March 19 due to the coronavirus pandemic, a source told ESPN. — There is a limit of three scouts per MLB club …
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Andrew Marchand / New York Post:
MLB lands billion-dollar deal with Turner Sports to broadcast playoffs — While MLB and the Players Association squabble over money and the 2020 season, the league has consummated a new billion-dollar deal with Turner Sports to keep a playoff package that includes one of the league championship series …
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankees expected to fight judge's order to have 2017 letter from MLB over team's own sign stealing unsealed — TAMPA — The Yankees are getting dragged into the Astros and Red Sox cheating scandals, this time through the courts. On Friday, a U.S. District Court ordered a letter to the Yankees …
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