The general plan called for seeing the Atlanta Braves re-open some sort of restarted Spring Training during the second week of June, with the regular season beginning on July 1st.
Right now, the two sides should be locked in a room, hammering out the details of an agreement. Trouble is, they are further apart now than they were in March. In fact, they can't even agree on what it was they agreed to in March.
The parameters from the owner's side of things seem clear:
- Baseball isn't that much a profit-making enterprise for most teams under normal circumstances.