MLB players will vigorously oppose any proposal with a revenue split at its center, and the revenue-salary gap will frame talks for a new labor deal.
Author: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY
Day 59 without sports 📺: Were you a Gen X ‘TWiB’ kid or an ‘NBA Inside Stuff’ millennial?
There was a time when weekly highlight shows “NBA Inside Stuff” and “This Week in Baseball” were staples on the Saturday morning TV schedule.
Senate leader Mitch McConnell to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred: ‘America needs baseball’
Senate leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday on the radio that he called MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and asked when baseball might return.
Want your money back for postponed MLB games? Refunds available, but you must ask
MLB teams are rolling out ticket-refund policies and giving fans a choice — money now or more baseball later. And if you want a refund, you must ask.
Day 50 without sports ðŸ˜: Pondering baseball’s COVID-19 pandemic workaround as a permanent solution
Major League Baseball’s Three-Division Plan isn’t perfect, but could function as a coronavirus pandemic workaround.
MLB granting teams autonomy to refund games postponed by COVID-19 pandemic
MLB is not yet canceling games outright, but will grant teams the right to refund game tickets for dates postponed by coronavirus.
Fans running out of patience as teams refuse refunds on tickets to postponed games
Teams risk alienating fans when they wait to cancel games and offer refunds on the $1 billion in consumer capital they hold along with ticket brokers.
Red Sox insist there’s no ‘victory laps’ after soft MLB penalty: ‘We have to earn back trust’
The Boston Red Sox began the process of moving on from their own sign-stealing scandal after MLB issued minor penalties to team for 2018 misconduct.
MLB punishes Red Sox for 2018 sign-stealing deemed ‘more limited’ than Astros’ scandal
MLB says the Red Sox did not break rules during their postseason run to a World Series title, and that video monitor was the lone violator.
Day 42 without sports ðŸ˜: South Korea sets a date for real baseball, but MLB can only wait
The Korea Baseball Organization will launch its 144-game season on May 5, while here in the USA we can only hope to see MLB games this summer.