The owners and players had first to reach a place where the game could stand where its public does, separate and together, at a respectful distance from whatever might be coming in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. An ongoing scrum over compensation and pounds of wealth would hardly have reflected well on either.
Major League Baseball owners and players agreed to the broad economic and functional terms for what is likely to be a shortened season, union chief Tony Clark first honored the state of a nation edgy and apprehensive. ” data-reactid=”32 “type=” text “> In a – minute conference call with reporters stationed across the country, and hours after Major League Baseball owners and players agreed to the broad economic and functional terms for what is likely to be a shortened season, union chief Tony Clark first honored the state of a nation edgy and apprehensive.
“The players understand the gravity of the pandemic,” he said, especially the ” hardships in and out of the game ”endured by millions and the“ extraordinary measures ”being applied by those in the public health and safety fields. Later, under questioning about the lengths players would approve – or seek – in order to salvage the season, he added, “Players want to play. That’s what we do. That’s what they do. ”
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than any before it. Beyond that, owners are likely to make less money. Players are likely to earn less. That seems generally to be how the pandemic is shaking out, along with a thousand other mutations of real substance. ” data-reactid=” “type=” text “> Assuming there is a day – six weeks from now or beyond – on which baseball resumes, the season is likely to
look far different than any before it. Beyond that, owners are likely to make less money. Players are likely to earn less. That seems generally to be how the pandemic is shaking out, along with a thousand other mutations of real substance.
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Tony Clark, the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Associat ion, said the sport’s stars are open to numerous permutations of the altered schedule that may be necessary to play baseball in . (Photo by Alejandra Villa Loarca / Newsday via Getty Images)
condensed and / or pushed into November . ” data-reactid=”59 “type=” text “> About the schedule being condensed and / or pushed into November .
About the postseason adding teams and / or rounds.
(About the All-Star Game opening the season or ending it.) About Early preparation taking place in big-league cities or spring training sites. About it all. “Players have a willingness,” Clark said, ”to discuss all of those permutations.” MLB officials are sketching outlines of seas ons that begin in late May, late June and beyond, that add games upon games, that stuff doubleheaders into days off, of postseasons that do not begin until November, and of oversized rosters that would allow for the rigors of extra games and travel.
So little can be known about what is next, about when it will be safe to open the gates of normalcy again, and then where something like a baseball game will fall on that schedule. Also, what happens when it suddenly isn’t safe again, if a player falls ill
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