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AP Exclusive: MLB plan saves big-spending teams $100M each

June 5, 2020 Associated Press

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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees, Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers would each save more than $100 million on player salaries as part of management’s proposal to […]

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MLB rejects 114-game schedule, threatens plan of about 50

June 3, 2020 Associated Press

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NEW YORK (AP) — If Major League Baseball and its players take the field for a coronanvirus-delayed 2020 season, it will be after acrimonious negotiations that resemble their labor war […]

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Brewers: Miller Park sustains ‘minor damage’ after break-in

June 2, 2020 Associated Press

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers say a man illegally entered Miller Park and caused minor damage to the playing field Tuesday morning. Brewers officials say the man was apprehended […]

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MLB owners, players revert to salary squabbles of old

June 2, 2020 Associated Press

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NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball owners and players have reverted to form — the type displayed over the past half-century during eight work stoppages filled with salary squabbles. Players proposed […]

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AP source: MLB players offer 114-game season, no more $ cuts

June 1, 2020 Associated Press

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NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball players ignored claims by clubs that they need to take additional pay cuts, instead proposing they receive a far higher percentage of salaries […]

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AP Exclusive: Athletes wary about virus, testing upon return

May 28, 2020 Rick Solem

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Chris Thompson is an NFL running back. He also is the father of a 4-month-old daughter, Kali. Guess which of those facts matters more to him when he ponders eventually […]

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AP sources: Players want more games, no more salary cuts

May 27, 2020 Rick Solem

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NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball players appeared likely to propose more regular-season games this year while holding to their demand for full prorated salaries, people familiar with their deliberations told […]

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Players call MLB economic proposal `extremely disappointing’

May 26, 2020 Associated Press

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NEW YORK (AP) — A rookie at the major league minimum would make a higher percentage of his salary than multimillionaire stars like Mike Trout or Gerrit Cole under a […]

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Brewers owner wants “boys back in town” for preseason

May 26, 2020 Associated Press

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Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio says he would prefer that his team hold preseason workouts in Milwaukee rather than its spring training home in Arizona if Major League Baseball decides […]

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New MLB rules: shower at home, don’t spit, Mr Met stay away

May 18, 2020 Associated Press

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NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will look somewhat like high school ball this year under protocols to deal with the new coronavirus, with showers at ballparks discouraged and […]

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