The Major League Baseball Players Assn. on Saturday told the owners that the time for negotiation was over, and that the commissioner’s office should go ahead and dictate how long the season would be and when the players should report for work.
“Further dialogue with the league would be futile,” MLBPA executive director Tony Clark said in a statement. “It’s time to get back to work. Tell us when and where.”
The union set the stage for owners to impose a short season, expected to be in the range of 50 games, and the union asked for owners to explain how they would do so by Monday.