It’s been a long time
Contentious.
Dismaying.
Predictable?
In negotiations that could literally have been avoided many, many days ago had the owners not decided to play a collective fiddle while the game burned, the two sides could not find common ground, MLB giving a “best and final” offer and the MLBPA rejecting it.
BREAKING: MLBPA player leaders agreed unanimously not to accept MLB's final proposal, and there will be no deal on a new collective-bargaining agreement before MLB's 5 p.