HAL STEINBRENNER

Major League Baseball's labor negotiations had moved at a glacial pace for 11 months before a deal fell into place on March 10.

Coronavirus restrictions in Canada and New York have assured that baseball will again be affected by COVID-19 in 2022.

The union said it didn’t necessarily agree to the timeframe and just as the sides agreed to recess at 2:30 a.m., MLB gave players the new deadline. “We want to exhaust every possibility to get a deal done,” an MLB spokesman said. The sides agreed, subject to an overall deal, to expand the postseason from 10 to 12 teams, rather than the 14 MLB had hoped for. The union said MLB kept giving it pieces of paper with new proposals. Not since Aug. 30, 2002, has MLB come this close to losing regular-season games to labor strife.

Major League Baseball’s financial fight cost regular-season games for the first time in 27 years when often acrimonious talks to end a management lockout collapsed and Commissioner Rob Manfred scrapped March 31 openers.

This was the fifth straight day the sides talked, and the first time Manfred was seen at a session. At one point, Manfred left the area where management was caucusing and spent 20 minutes with the players' group in the Cardinals' clubhouse beyond the right-field fence. Teams say they will never agree to the additional service time, which could lead to earlier free agency. MLB maintains Monday is the last day to reach an agreement that would allow openers to take place as scheduled on March 31. ___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Teams say they will never agree to the additional service time, which could lead to earlier free agency. MLB maintains Monday is the last day to reach an agreement that would allow openers to take place as scheduled on March 31. Players have not accepted Monday as a deadline and have suggested any missed games could be made up as part of doubleheaders, a method MLB said it will not agree to. The union told MLB if games are missed and salaries are lost, clubs should not expect players to agree to management’s proposals to expand the postseason and to allow advertisements on uniforms and helmets. ___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

The union came away with the impression that management said it was out of ideas until players offer new proposals on key issues. Clubs say the union hasn't altered its luxury tax plan since November, and players say they are waiting because management told the union luxury tax usually is among the last items addressed. Players also want to reduce revenue sharing and expand salary arbitration eligibility, and teams say they will not agree to either proposal. Players have not accepted Monday as a deadline and have suggested any missed games could be made up as part of doubleheaders, a method MLB said it will not agree to. Teams say they won't agree to such a proposal.

Baseball Lockout New York Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner, left, and San Diego Padres vice chairman Ron Fowler walk at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla., where baseball labor talks continue Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. The sides met for the fourth straight day at Roger Dean Stadium, the idle spring training home of the Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals. MLB told the union that it will cancel regular-season games if a contract is not agreed to by the end of Monday, then made its stance public Wednesday. A deal by Monday would allow that plus a few days for players to report to camps in Arizona and Florida. ___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

The sides met for the fourth straight day at Roger Dean Stadium, the idle spring training home of the Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals. Players have not accepted Monday as a deadline and have suggested any missed games could be made up as part of doubleheaders, a method MLB said it will not agree to. Commissioner Rob Manfred said on Feb. 10 that a minimum of four weeks of training are needed before starting the season. A deal by Monday would allow that plus a few days for players to report to camps in Arizona and Florida. ___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Another negotiating session produced only minor movement and no proposals on big-money issues, leaving Major League Baseball four days from management’s Monday night deadline for a deal to salvage opening day and a 162-game season.

World Series Baseball Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark speak before Game 1 in baseball's World Series against the Atlanta Braves Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, in Houston. Speaking Wednesday at Major League Baseball's regular owners' meetings, Steinbrenner said the CBT proposal was approved by the labor policy committee. If the agreement expires without a new deal in place, Major League Baseball could lock out its players — putting the start of spring training in jeopardy. The 27-year-old Correa batted .279 with 26 homers and 92 RBIs in 148 games this year, helping Houston advance to the World Series. Concerned with “tanking” by rebuilding teams and a slide in spending on major league payrolls, players want changes in the current deal.

New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said he voted for Major League Baseball’s proposal to lower the luxury tax threshold, a plan opposed by the players’ union with the sport on the brink of its first work stoppage on 26 years.

Manager Aaron Boone has been re-signed by the New York Yankees to a three-year contract with a club option for 2025 after four winning but unsuccessful seasons.

Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees took a winding route into the AL wild-card game, squeezing in on the final day of a tumultuous season.

Desperate for a powerful, left-handed bat to park balls in the short porch at Yankee Stadium, the New York Yankees got two of them.

San Francisco took three of four at Dodger Stadium last week and leads the NL West by two games over the defending World Series champions. Judge and Higashioka, placed on the injured list July 16, are expected back during the series against the Rays. PLAYING CATCH-UPThe Texas Rangers try to snap a 12-game losing streak when they return home to start a two-game interleague series against Arizona. During their skid, the Rangers have completed 105 consecutive innings without even holding a lead. The Diamondbacks, with an MLB-worst 31-70 record, and Baltimore are the only teams with fewer wins than the Rangers.

The Dodgers and Giants are back at it Tuesday night, renewing their long rivalry in San Francisco with 12-game winner Julio Urias on the mound for Los Angeles against Logan Webb in the opener of a three-game series.

Angels Yankees Baseball Los Angeles Angels' Jared Walsh rounds third base after hitting a grand slam off of New York Yankees relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman, foreground, during the ninth inning of a baseball game early Thursday, July 1, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) (Adam Hunger)NEW YORK — (AP) — Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner vowed to keep manager Aaron Boone, general manager Brian Cashman and the core of his team, shaking off a crushing loss to the Los Angeles Angels in which New York wasted a four-run, ninth-inning lead. Steinbrenner spoke with reporters Thursday, the morning after the 11-8 defeat in which New York scored seven runs in the first inning. The Yankees are 41-39, fourth in the AL East, 8 1/2 games behind first-place Boston. "So I’m just a believer in seeing an entire body of work from an employee, irregardless of what department they’re in.

Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner is promising to keep manager Aaron Boone, general manager Brian Cashman and the core of his team.

He returned to the Yankees last week for the start of spring training. Germán was 18-4 with a 4.03 ERA in 2019 when he was put on leave. Manager Aaron Boone said Germán is competing with Deivi García, Michael King, Asher Wojciechowski, Jhoulys Chacín and Nick Nelson. It is clear that I must improve on that.”Germán would not discuss the events that led to his suspension. Germán said he learned “the biggest thing is about how do you react to certain things?

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 1960 file photo, New York Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford throws against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third World Series game at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo, File)Reaction to the death of Hall of Fame pitcher Whitey Ford, the ace of the mighty New York Yankees teams in the 1950s and ’60s. Obviously, a great pitcher. They never say Whitey Ford. It’s Whitey Ford.