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ESPN:
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred quickly rejects union's 70-game proposal — The Major League Baseball Players Association on Thursday proposed a 70-game regular-season schedule, a plan immediately rejected by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. — In a statement announcing the counterproposal …
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
MLB won't counter players' latest offer; sticking to 60 games at full prorated salaries — Major League Baseball won't counter the MLB Players Association's latest offer to play 70 games this season. — Instead, the league is sticking with its most recent offer of 60 games at full prorated salaries.
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Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Surge Forces Baseball to Reconsider a ‘Bubble’ Season — The increase in cases in Florida and elsewhere is prompting officials to rethink playing all games at a secure site—adding another obstacle to its beleaguered effort to start a 2020 season
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Nick Selbe / Sports Illustrated:
Report: MLB Won't Counter Players' Offer of 70-Game Season — A day after the MLBPA sent a proposal for a 70-game season, the league reportedly won't submit a counter offer. — A day after the MLB Players Association sent a proposal to league owners for a 70-game 2020 season …
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MLB Baseball News …, MLB Trade Rumors and Lone Star Ball
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB players make a 70-game offer and the owners aren't happy about it — PHOENIX — Major League Baseball and the owners are expected to swiftly reject the union's proposal of a 70-game season with full prorated pay, according to two people with direct knowledge of the talks.
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ESPN:
MLB sends 60-game offer to players as leaders meet — Major League Baseball has sent a proposal for a 60-game season at full prorated pay to the MLB Players Association, sources told ESPN's Buster Olney on Wednesday. — No deal is done, but with MLB commissioner Rob Manfred …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB, players make progress to play in 2020, but can't agree on length of season
The Athletic:
Here we go again: MLB believes deal was agreed to, union says it wasn't
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MLB Baseball News … and Beyond the Box Score
MLB Insiders / ESPN:
How much closer are we to a 2020 MLB season?
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
MLB, MLBPA Still Apart On Length Of Potential Season
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Tom Verducci / Sports Illustrated:
Rob Manfred and MLB Still Have a Way Out
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David Lennon / Newsday:
Yankees president Randy Levine calls for MLB, players to resume talks
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MLB Trade Rumors
Jim Salisbury / NBCSports.com:
Coronavirus outbreak at Phillies camp in Clearwater hits 5 players — Five Phillies players who had been training at the team's facility in Clearwater, Florida have tested positive for coronavirus in recent days, multiple sources tell NBC Sports Philadelphia.
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
MLB may shut down all spring training sites for coronavirus cleaning — With three spring training sites closing Friday due to coronavirus-related issues, MLB was strongly considering shutting all 30 facilities again to cleanse them and then establish a testing protocol when players return, The Post has learned.
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MLB Baseball News … and True Blue LA
ESPN:
Phillies closing spring training facility after positive coronavirus tests — The Philadelphia Phillies are closing their spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida, after five players and three staff members tested positive for the coronavirus. — The facility will remain closed …
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Maria Torres / Los Angeles Times:
Albert Pujols to pay salaries of furloughed Angels staff in the Dominican Republic — The Angels stopped paying their employees in the Dominican Republic this month. Those employees are being paid again, only not by the club. — First baseman Albert Pujols will cover the salaries …
John Tomase / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Meet Red Sox' undrafted free agents: A crazy delivery, Sale's call, and a Boyz n the Hood fan — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's — When the Patriots sign a class of undrafted free agents, at least one of them generally makes the team. — That's not the case in baseball …
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Over the Monster and Bleed Cubbie Blue
Alex Prewitt / Sports Illustrated:
'We Weren't Welcome When This Guy Was Around—So Now He's Not Welcome When We're Around' — In Minneapolis, not far from where George Floyd was killed by a police officer, furor has been festering over the still-standing statue of a racist former Twins owner.
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