baseball players

After decades of supporting poor, young baseball players as they began their professional careers, minor league host families have officially been phased out.

Locked out baseball players plan to make a counteroffer to management on Monday, 11 days after clubs gave the union a proposal when snail-paced negotiations resumed following a 42-day break.

Baseball players have proposed a 70-game regular-season schedule, That was immediately rejected by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred with the sides 10 games and about $275 million apart.

Baseball players moved toward teams but remained far apart as they are adamant they receive full prorated salaries while offering to cut the regular season to 89 games.

The NCAA is moving toward allowing all Division I athletes to transfer one time without sitting out a season of competition. A plan to change the waiver is in process.

Players can get a more sleep. ESPN is moving up the starting time of the nationally televised game by one hour, with the first pitch planned for shortly after 7 p.m.

Minor league baseball players were stripped of the protection of federal minimum wage laws under a provision in government spending legislation signed Friday.