What Will It Take to Save the 2020 Baseball Season?

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🗓️ 22 June 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Negotiations between MLB and the players picked up last week, with both sides swapping proposals. The latest plan from the league is in the hands of the players, but we haven't seen a vote yet. On Sunday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred sent a letter to MLBPA director Tony Clark with additional concessions. Meanwhile, a flurry of positive coronavirus tests further complicates matters. So...no vote. Is there still time left in the proposed calendar to play 60 (or more) games? Jeff Passan updates us on where talks go from here, how the latest COVID-19 outbreaks have impacted things, and how sustained animosity around labor issues has factored into all of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It is a total mess at the moment.
0:02.7	I woke up this morning to a one-word text from someone who would know what's going on,
0:08.7	and he just said, this is pitiful.
0:11.7	I covered the 81 strike.
0:13.9	I covered 94-95.
0:15.7	It was terrible.
0:17.1	But this, in its own way, is worse.
0:22.2	That was ESPN's Tim Kirkson. That was ESPN's Tim Kirkson,
0:24.9	summing up how pretty much everyone in and around baseball feels these days.
0:29.8	Last week, it seemed like the sport was on the verge of coming back.
0:34.3	But after another rejected proposal and a delayed vote, the wait for MLB's return
0:40.4	continues. Today, MLB insider Jeff Passen joins the show to break down why the two sides
0:47.1	are still so far apart, and whether that gap can be bridged before it's too late.
0:56.9	I'm Min Kimes.
0:58.6	It's Monday, June 22nd.
1:00.6	This is ESPN Daily, presented by Marathon.
1:09.5	Jeff, happy Father's Day.
1:11.5	Did Major League Baseball get you everything you wanted?
1:15.3	No.
1:18.7	Jeff Passon is an MLB insider for ESPN.
1:22.4	Now, Major League Baseball pretty much didn't get me anything I wanted.
1:25.8	I wanted a Father's Day on a beautiful lake
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