MLB is officially in its first work stoppage since 1995, and the first tangible effect of that was an eerie scene on the league's home page.
As the clock struck midnight on MLB's collective bargaining agreement with the MLB Players Association, MLB Advanced Media appeared to scrub all articles and pictures of any active players from its home page and team sites. So rather than articles on the recent free agent frenzy, MLB.com was featuring stories such as "Baseball road trip locations in all 50 states" and "Oliva has another chance at Hall of Fame.