MLB plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players’ association rejected a negotiated deal of the same length,
An email from baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to union head Tony Clark led to a balk in the drawn-out talks to start the pandemic-delayed season, which now won't begin by July 19.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and union head Tony Clark reached what MLB understood to be a framework to start the pandemic-delayed season on July 19 or July 20.