When Major League Baseball’s owners rejected a proposal from the players that included full prorated salaries over 114 games, they said there’d be no counter. But as we now find ourselves at the precipice of the point of no return for a July 4 Opening Day, the owners may be having second thoughts.
That small beacon of hope comes via Charles Gasparino of Fox Business, who tweeted Sunday that the owners are holding a conference call Monday to discuss “whether to restart negotiations for a 2020 baseball season.” Of course, it’s still possible they’ll choose to stand firm and opt to let Rob Manfred mandate a 50-game season.