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AP Baseball WriterMLB rejects 114-game schedule, threatens plan of about 50By RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Major League Baseball rejected the players' proposal for a 114-game schedule in the pandemic-delayed season with no additional salary cuts, telling the union that teams have no reason to think 82 games is...

AP Baseball WriterAP source: MLB rejects 114-game plan, tells union no counterBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Major League Baseball rejected the players' offer for a 114-game regular season in the pandemic-delayed season with no additional salary cuts and told the union it did not plan to make a...

AP Baseball WriterAP source: MLB rejects 114-game plan, tells union no counterBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Major League Baseball rejected the players' offer for a 114-game regular season in the pandemic-delayed season with no additional salary cuts and told the union it did not plan to make a...

AP Sports WriterPirates' Archer out for the season following surgeryBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Chris Archer won't pitch for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2020, and his time with the club may be over.The 31-year-old right-hander had surgery Tuesday in St. Louis with Dr. Robert Thompson to relieve symptoms of...

AP Baseball WriterMLB rejects 114-game schedule, threatens plan of about 50By RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) If Major League Baseball and its players take the field for a coronanvirus-delayed 2020 season, it will be after acrimonious negotiations that resemble their labor war of a generation ago.MLB rejected the players'...

Yomiuri Giants call off practice game; coronavirus suspectedTOKYO (AP) The Yomiuri Giants, Japan’s most famous baseball team, called off a preseason game on Wednesday with reports that at least one player may have tested positive for the coronavirus.Japan hopes to open its delayed baseball season on June 19...

Brewers: Miller Park sustains 'minor damage' after break-inMILWAUKEE (AP) The Milwaukee Brewers say a man illegally entered Miller Park and caused minor damage to the playing field Tuesday morning.Brewers officials say the man was apprehended by law enforcement shortly after gaining access to the field. Milwaukee police said...

Judge dismisses Dykstra's suit against ex-teammate DarlingNEW YORK (AP) A judge has dismissed Lenny Dykstra's defamation lawsuit against former New York Mets teammate Ron Darling, ruling the outfielder's reputation already was so tarnished it could not be damaged more.Dykstra claimed he was defamed when Darling alleged he had...

Judge dismisses Dykstra's suit against ex-teammate DarlingNEW YORK (AP) A judge has dismissed Lenny Dykstra's defamation lawsuit against former New York Mets teammate Ron Darling, ruling the outfielder's reputation already was so tarnished it could not be damaged more.Dykstra claimed he was defamed when Darling alleged he had...

AP Sports WriterNationals change course, pay minor leaguers full stipendBy HOWARD FENDRICHWASHINGTON (AP) The Nationals changed course and told their minor leaguers on Monday they will receive their full weekly stipends of $400 at least through June after Washington reliever Sean Doolittle tweeted that the team's major league...

Judge dismisses Dykstra's suit against ex-teammate DarlingNEW YORK (AP) A judge has dismissed Lenny Dykstra's defamation lawsuit against former New York Mets teammate Ron Darling, ruling the outfielder's reputation already was so tarnished it could not be damaged more.Dykstra claimed he was defamed when Darling alleged he had...

AP Baseball WriterMLB owners, players revert to salary squabbles of oldBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Baseball owners and players have reverted to form -- the type displayed over the past half-century during eight work stoppages filled with salary squabbles.Players proposed to resume the sport in the coronavirus pandemic...