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Midweek thoughts for KC Royals fans include the continuing labor situation, former Royals playing overseas, Kansas City-related baseball books and more.
Some KC Royals Midweek Musings while wondering if the current labor deadlock between the clubs and players will spill over into 2021:
Labor stalemate continues. It’s been a week since Commissioner Rob Manfred announced major league baseball would be played in 2020. But as I wrote Tuesday, the certainty Manfred expressed is deteriorating — Manfred himself has lost confidence, MLB recently told the union there won’t be baseball this year unless it waives any claims it thinks it has against the clubs, and several players and staff members tested positive for COVID-19.