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AP Baseball WriterPlayers counter with 70 games, Manfred says deadline nearingBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Baseball players proposed a 70-game regular-season schedule Thursday, a plan immediately rejected by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred with the sides 10 games and about $275 million apart on plans to start the coronavirus-delayed...

Sanó, accused of kidnapping, says he's been blackmailedBy The Associated PressMinnesota Twins slugger Miguel Sano told a Dominican Republic newspaper he's being blackmailed, having been accused of kidnapping and assault.The Twins said Thursday they're aware of the report in El Nuevo Diario and still trying to gathering more information...

AP Baseball WriterManfred, Clark reach framework: 60 games, full prorated payBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) After days of angry exchanges over money between Major League Baseball and the players' association, baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred started to doubt whether there would be a 2020 season and said as much...

AP Baseball WriterMLB offers 60-game schedule, full prorated payBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) The financial feud between Major League Baseball and its players took a step toward an agreement that could lead to a pandemic-delayed season after Commissioner Rob Manfred traveled to Arizona to meet with players’ union...

AP Baseball WriterManfred, Clark meet, develop basis for possible agreementBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and players’ union head Tony Clark have developed a framework that Manfred said Wednesday could form the basis of an agreement as the two sides try to start the pandemic-delayed...

AP Baseball WriterAP Source: MLB makes fourth proposal to players' unionBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Major League Baseball has made a fourth proposal to the players' union aimed at starting the pandemic-delayed season, a person with knowledge of the proposal said Wednesday.The person spoke to The Associated Press...

AP Baseball WriterAP Source: Manfred, Clark meet in ArizonaBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred met with players' union head Tony Clark in Arizona in an attempt to restart talks aimed at starting the pandemic-delayed season.The meeting was disclosed to The Associated Press by a person...

AP Baseball WriterWould MLB fans view champ, stats as legit in 50-game season?By BEN WALKERNEW YORK (AP) Fresh off a robust round of batting practice in Central Park, softball slugger Todd Montgomery squared up his Mets cap and took a swing at hardball questions involving his favorite team.Would...

AP Baseball WriterManfred thinks it has framework with Clark, union stays mumBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) After days of angry exchanges over money between Major League Baseball and the players' association, Commissioner Rob Manfred started to doubt whether there would be a 2020 season and said as much...

Former Cy Young winner Mike McCormick dies at age 81CORNELIUS, N.C. (AP) Longtime Giants pitcher Mike McCormick, who won the Cy Young Award in 1967, has died. He was 81.The Giants say McCormick died Saturday at his home in North Carolina after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.McCormick...

AP Baseball WriterYankees president Levine calls for MLB talks to resumeBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Yankees President Randy Levine called on the players' association to resume negotiations with Major League Baseball to start the pandemic-delayed season.Levine said the money difference between the feuding sides was not the primary...

AP Baseball WriterYankees president Levine calls for MLB talks to resumeBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Yankees President Randy Levine called on the players' association to resume negotiations with Major League Baseball to start the pandemic-delayed season.Levine said the money difference between the feuding sides was not the primary...