I’m strangely optimistic about the latest round of negotiations to end the lockout. Even if there’s no reason to be. Especially if there’s not. Which it sounds like there isn’t:
A Major League Baseball spokesperson said tonight that if a deal is not in place by Feb. 28, regular season games will be canceled. “A deadline is a deadline,” the spokesperson said. Player pay would not be recouped, nor would those games be rescheduled, the spokesperson said.
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) February 23, 2022
This sure sounds like a threat from the owners, but how much teeth can it really have?