According to Jeff Passan from ESPN, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association are set to meet Monday, for their second negotiating session since MLB imposed the lockout on December 2. Joel Sherman of The New York Post added that Monday’s meeting will be face-to-face, a different twist on their January 13 meeting that took place virtually. In the...
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Major League Baseball’s owners and players met Thursday to discuss core economic issues for the first time since December 1. As reported on MMO, the players were “unimpressed” by the proposal put forth by the owners. It is not realistic to expect a deal in the first negotiation in over a month. It’s likely the owners primary intent in making their offer was to spur...
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When something breaks pertaining to Mets history, such as the recent news that the club will be retiring Keith Hernandez’s number, I’m happy to be a more “mature” Mets fan. When number 17 joins the other retired numbers high above left-center field at Citi Field, it will be a major milestone in Hernandez’s journey of nearly 40 years with the Mets. I remember when I...
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News of Thursday’s scheduled negotiating session between MLB and the MLBPA is a welcome change in the process that has been stalled for nearly six weeks. At one point, there was talk of government intervention in baseball’s all-to-frequent work stoppages. Assuming a laborious process is still ahead of us, it it time to re-visit legislative measures in the game? With all that is going...
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It’s now day 39 since the MLB owners locked the players out. We are not aware of any planned negotiating sessions, though we have to hope that the two sides are at least making contact. Sometimes, when there is radio silence, it can be a good thing. It could mean each side realizes nothing good comes from the public airing of grievances, and an attempt at making silent progress is...
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