Players reaffirm pay stance, no deal in sight
Baseball players reaffirmed their stance for full prorated pay, leaving a huge gap with teams that could scuttle plans to start the coronavirus-delayed season around the Fourth of July and might leave owners focusing on a schedule as short as 50 games.
More than 100 players, including the union’s executive board, held a two-hour digital meeting with officials of the MLB Players Association on Thursday, a day after the union’s offer was rejected by the league.
♦ Former Dodgers star Carl Crawford was arrested after his former girlfriend accused him of assaulting her during an argument over a man she had begun dating.