It’s getting late, well, late.
The Philadelphia Phillies are scheduled to begin the 2022 regular season on March 31 in Houston, but it looks increasingly doubtful that will actually happen.
As the owner-imposed lockout nears three months long, there’s no evidence that a new collective bargaining agreement is close.
Wednesday, a Major League Baseball spokesperson told Michael Silverman of The Boston Globe that Feb. 28 is the deadline for a new deal to be reached and to still have the season start on time. The spokesperson added that “missed games are missed games,” a warning from the league that if they can’t reach a new deal with the MLB Players Association in the coming days, the 2022 season won’t be 162 games long.