MLB And Players Union Reach Deal To End Standoff

Yahoo Sports reports:

Nine days after commissioner Rob Manfred canceled opening day and over three months into an owner-implemented lockout, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association agreed to a new labor contract Thursday afternoon in New York City, ensuring a full season.

Call it the 11th hour or the bottom of the ninth, but after the union successfully called the league’s bluff in the face of several ultimatums, the pressure of an impending season finally forced a mutually tolerable compromise.

Pending formal ratification by both sides, spring training can now ensue. And on the other side of those: Opening day on April 7. The full 162-game slate will be made up with doubleheaders and days added on to the end of the season.

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