MLB: Manfred, union meet on deadline day to save openers

Published February 28, 2022 3:17 PM

By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Commissioner Rob Manfred and top deputy Dan Halem met with players on the final day of negotiations to end the lockout before Major League Baseball’s deadline to salvage a March 31 start to the regular season and a 162-game schedule. Emotions became more heated as the sides pressed for each other’s bottom line for a deal. Philadelphia star Bryce Harper posted a photo on Instagram altered to show him in a Japanese baseball uniform with the words: “Yomiuri Giants you up? Got some time to kill.” The lockout was in its 89th day.

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