MLB, players reach agreement, paving way to end months-long lockout
Major League Baseball’s acrimonious lockout ended when a divided players’ association voted to accept management’s offer to salvage a 162-game season that will start April 7.
MLB deadline Tuesday to reach deal for full season
MLB told the union that Tuesday was the last possible day to reach an agreement that would allow a 162-game schedule, along with full salary and service time.
MLB lockout slams Bronx small businesses
The ongoing MLB lockout is set to hit local businesses that rely on revenue from fans at games extra hard, as they continue to struggle to recover from the pandemic.
Historic Hinchliffe Stadium could host baseball once again
Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey, is one of the last remaining ballparks associated with the Negro Leagues. Will a major renovation entice Major League Baseball to hold a future "Field of Dreams" game there?
Rob Manfred gets an earful from fans chanting 'We want baseball!'
As Rob Manfred stood behind a podium in the left-field corner of Roger Dean Stadium, fans chanted at the baseball commissioner from outside the spring training home of the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals: "We want baseball!" they yelled. They won't get it anytime soon.
MLB cancels Opening Day, first two series after sides fail to reach lockout deal
Major League Baseball has canceled opening day, with Commissioner Rob Manfred announcing Tuesday the sport will lose regular-season games over a labor dispute for the first time in 27 years after acrimonious lockout talks collapsed in the hours before management’s deadline.
Derek Jeter steps down as Miami Marlins CEO
Derek Jeter announced a surprise departure from the Miami Marlins on Monday after 4 1/2 mostly unsuccessful years that didn't come close to matching his success as a player for the New York Yankees.
MLB: It's deadline day to save opening day, 162-game season schedule
Major League Baseball's lockout is now in its 89th day. Management says a deal must be reached by the end of Monday's negotiations to salvage a March 31 start to the regular season and a 162-game schedule.
MLB negotiations recessed, will resume Monday as deadline looms
The sides held a series of short and more frequent meetings that stretched into Sunday night before saying they would resume in the morning.
MLB says season could be shortened if no labor agreement is reached
Major League Baseball said Wednesday that the 2022 season will be shortened if no labor agreement has been reached by the end of Monday.
Another day runs off clock in MLB talks to save opening day
Another day ran off the clock on talks to salvage opening day when locked-out baseball players proposed what they considered a small move forward in drawn-out labor negotiations and management termed it a third straight step backward.
NY Yankee Paul O'Neill's No. 21 to be retired on Aug. 21
Former New York Yankees player Paul O'Neill's No. 21 will be retired by the team on Aug. 21.
MLB lockout talks resume in Florida as season openers threatened
The lockout enters its 82nd day Monday as negotiations resume in Florida. MLB on Friday canceled spring training games from Feb. 26 through March 4.
MLB postpones 1st week of spring training amid lockout
Major League Baseball has canceled the first week of spring training games through March 4 in the first public acknowledgement of the disruption caused by the lockout.
Jeremy Giambi’s cause of death was suicide, coroner’s report says
Former Major League Baseball player Jeremy Giambi died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s coroners report.
MLB Lockout: Spring training camps on hold as labor negotiations continue
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says spring training remains on hold because of a management lockout and his goal is to reach a labor contract that allows opening day as scheduled on March 31.
Former MLB player Jeremy Giambi dead at 47
Former MLB player Jeremy Giambi has died. He was 47 years old.
Trevor Bauer will not face criminal charges in assault investigation
Officials announced after a months-long investigation, Trevor Bauer will not face any criminal charges following allegations of assault.
MLB stops testing athletes for steroids amid lockout, AP sources say
Two people familiar with the sport’s Joint Drug Program tell The Associated Press that Major League Baseball has stopped testing players for steroids for the first time in nearly 20 years due to the expiration of the sport’s drug agreement.
Former Mets relief pitcher Jeff Innis dead at 59
Jeff Innis, a side-arming reliever who pitched for the New York Mets from 1987-93, died Sunday. He was 59.