Major League Baseball on Tuesday cancelled the first two series of the 2022 regular season after the league and the players’ union failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement.
After nearly a year of negotiating, including nine straight days of talks between the league and the union in Florida starting on February 21st, the sides could not come to a new pact by MLB’s self-imposed deadline of 5pm on Tuesday in order to begin the 162-game season March 31st as scheduled.
Rob Manfred, the MLB commissioner, announced the cancellations in a news conference on Tuesday at Roger Dean Stadium, where the St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins would usually be having spring training but instead hosted the talks.
“I had hoped against hope I wouldn’t have to have this press conference where I am going to cancel some regular-season games,” Manfred said …
- March 2, 2022
