CINCINNATI -- Major League Baseball and the players' association say they are nearing agreement on a new domestic violence policy.
The sides have been talking since last year, following a series of high-profile domestic violence cases involving NFL players.
Baseball's collective bargaining agreement includes a voluntary treatment program for certain alcohol-related and off-field violent conduct. It also allows the commissioner or a team to impose discipline, but doesn't say of what sort, if a player is charged with a crime "involving the use of physical force or violence, including but not limited to, sexual assault, domestic violence, resisting arrest, battery, and assault.