Earlier this week, Ken Rosenthal reported that negotiations between the Players Association and Major League Baseball were slowing down. This sent the twitter-verse into a tailspin: Would there be a lockout? Didn’t Rob Manfred say that a deal would be done before the World Series is over? Does this mean a strike is near? Would this doom the World Baseball Classic? (Show of hands: who here even thought of the World Baseball Classic when this topic came up? Yeah, me neither).
Short answer: The PA and MLB would have to collectively lose their minds in order for a strike to occur.