It seems the commissioner has changed his tune since his early June statement. On June 15, Rob walked back his previous statement and said he’s “not confident” baseball will be played this year.
Talking with Mike Greenberg for ESPN’s “The Return of Sports” special, Rob said, “I had been hopeful that once we got to common ground on the idea that we were gonna pay the players full prorated salary, that we would get some cooperation in terms of proceeding under the agreement that we negotiated with the MLBPA on March 26.”
He continued, “Unfortunately, over the weekend, while Tony Clark was declaring his desire to get back to work, the union’s top lawyer was out telling reporters, players and eventually getting back to owners that as soon as we issued a schedule – as they requested – they intended to file a grievance claiming they were entitled to an additional billion dollars. Obviously, that sort of bad-faith tactic makes it extremely difficult to move forward in these circumstances.”
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