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Major League Baseball and the Players Association They continue to discuss the terms of the new collective contract that allows the lifting of the employer’s strike that plagues the big top from December 2; but while the part of Rob Manfred Y Tony Clark reach an agreement, the league announces two preseason games for March 18 and 19.
Jon Morosi, an American journalist, reported that the series will be played between D-Backs Y Rockies. The official announcement came through MLB Network, the television channel of the Big leagues.
Las Vegas will host an @MLB Spring Training series between the @Dbacks and @Rockies on March 18-19, per announcement today. @MLBNetwork
– Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) January 14, 2022
The venue for the series will be in Las Vegas. What many question is that if there is a scheduled date for these games, there should be an agreement soon between the League and the Labor union for that to occur, since otherwise it would not proceed due to the employer’s strike.
The “lockout” came about after the franchise owners of the MLB unanimously voted to decree a “lockout” which basically “freeze“The relationships between Big leagues (and its member organizations) with the players.
MLB could be looking for a way to put pressure on the Association so that they accept the new economic conditions, ones that did not leave the players satisfied according to what was settled in the last meeting between both parties, held this Thursday.
MLB has long wanted to move to a franchise to Las Vegas, so this step would also go in the direction of testing everything concerning the call, logistics, and the effectiveness of organizing games of Big leagues in the city of the game.
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