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MLB did not make a formal economic proposal as part of its presentation Tuesday to the Players Association on how it sees restarting the season. The sides met for 90 minutes, broke, then continued for another hour, with MLB focusing heavily on the protocols for how it believes it could keep the players and support …

A virtual meeting was set for Tuesday afternoon at which MLB would present its proposal to top officials from the Players Association concerning how to return the game to the field. The expectation was that the meeting would begin at 2:30 p.m. with an MLB group led by commissioner Rob Manfred taking the union item …

Starting Tuesday, Major League Baseball and the Players Association will formally try to work out an agreement for a baseball season like no other. Within that high-stakes chess game, each side must work through internal differences of opinion to determine its policy. The players, in particular, must run a cost-benefit analysis like no other: How …

They can’t do it. Right? There is no way — regardless of both the historic and current bad blood — that MLB and the Players Association are going to shut down the game this year over player compensation. That would be so shoot-yourself-in-the-brain, assure-the-negative-first-line-in-your obituary stupid that not even these two hostile sides can navigate …

Was J.T. Watkins just another scapegoat? At the conclusion of MLB’s investigation into the Red Sox sign-stealing scandal, nearly all responsibility for the endeavor was pinned on the 30-year-old replay operator, Watkins, who has been suspended for the entire 2020 season and banned from working in the replay room in 2021. Watkins, the only individual …

The Red Sox were no Astros in the opinion of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. The commissioner ruled Wednesday that in response to the Red Sox’s sign-stealing during their 2018 championship season, the team’s video replay system operator is the only current Red Sox person penalized. That person, J.T. Watkins, is suspended for the entire 2020 …

The economic element is powerful. Of course, MLB owners and players want to return to play because that is the way both are paid. But the sport also is receiving insights and advice from important federal officials and national health organizations suggesting a return to the field could provide a) confidence to the country that …

On the eve of what was supposed to be Opening Day, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said he will reveal his findings into the Red Sox cheating probe once baseball returns. If an optimistic Manfred has his way, America’s pastime will be back some time in May. “We’ll have to make a determination depending on what …