Play ball? What baseball’s lockout means for the sport – and fans.
Negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement between Major League Baseball and its players’ union have been one, two, three strikes and out – pushing the sport to its first work stoppage in almost 30 years.
The current lockout – which so far has canceled opening day and some early season games – is a lesson in the complicated business of baseball. When it comes to confusing concepts like arbitration and the competitive balance tax, the players and owners feel that what’s
