Last week, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred canceled the first two series of the regular season after the owners and the MLB Players Association failed to reach a new Collective Bargaining Agreement before a league-imposed deadline. The two sides met Sunday and the MLBPA made a new proposal, but a deal does not appear imminent and more regular season games could be called off this week. At minimum, this marks the first time in league history that the schedule will be compromised by an owner-implemented lockout.
When CBS Sports chronicled the reasons why no deal was reached, a throughline was how the owners created leverage against the players. They instituted the lockout as soon as they could to wall off the possibility of a strike. They waited more than six weeks to make their first proposal to create impatience. They created deadlines to force an artificial sense of urgency. They even, in the…
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