MLB’s 2021 Agenda: Find Fans, Avoid COVID and Labor Strife
With Major League Baseball openers scheduled Thursday from Yankee Stadium in New York to Petco Park in San Diego, the game faces myriad complications. Coming off a season abbreviated to 60 games by the...
View ArticleBaseball’s Woes Require Human Solutions, MLBPA’s Clark Says
Major League Baseball and the union that represents the players began collective bargaining toward a new Basic Agreement last week, MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark acknowledged in...
View ArticleManfred Downplays MLB Lockout Talk as Baseball Seeks Growth
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred moved to assure fans that the coming summer of collective bargaining with the players’ union will not lead to a work stoppage when the current Basic...
View ArticleManfred Rebuffs Labor Strife as MLB Mulls Old Rules in New CBA
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred doubled down Tuesday morning on his assessment that the owners and the MLB Players Association are trying to avoid a labor dispute as collective...
View ArticleMLB Labor Talks Proceed as Manfred and Clark Cross Paths at Series
Tony Clark, the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, cautioned Tuesday night there’s still time in the next five weeks for owners and the union to reach a deal on a new...
View ArticleA’s Stadium, New Rules Hot Topics at Manfred-Clark Session
Major League Baseball has proposed to the union rule changes for next season that include the elimination of shifts, a pitch clock and larger bases. In accordance with the new five-year Basic...
View ArticleThe MLB-Nike Uniform Uproar: Finding Transparency and a Good Fit
MLB Spring Training is officially underway, but the league’s dominant story so far has been its new Nike-designed uniforms, which have drawn criticism from players and online mockery from fans. The...
View ArticleTony Clark and Co. Safe After Players Attempt MLBPA Purge
Tony Clark remains secure in his position as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association despite a recent attempt by some players to oust his top labor lawyer after a downturn...
View ArticleMLB Union Head Tony Clark Sees Pay Jump $2M to $4.25M
MLB Player Association executive director Tony Clark nearly doubled his pay in 2023 to $4.25 million, according to the union’s annual filings with the Department of Labor. The report follows a...
View ArticleMLBPA Rips Nike Amid Changes to Controversial Uniforms
In a sternly-worded memo that squarely blamed Nike for baseball’s controversial new uniforms, the MLB Players Association told players on Sunday that changes would be coming to both the jerseys and the...
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