Friday Bird Droppings: Waiting for labor talks to resume

Photo by Bob Levey/Getty ImagesGood morning, Camden Chatters.

It’s been a relatively busy week for baseball, what with Tuesday’s controversial Hall of Fame announcement — in which only David Ortiz was voted in, while all-time greats Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens fell off the ballot for good — and a flurry of activity in MLB labor talks. MLB and the MLBPA held face-to-face negotiations both Monday and Tuesday that saw a bit of movement toward common ground and, hopefully, a path to a new collective bargaining agreement sooner rather than later.

There have been no publicly reported discussions between the two sides since then, though the sides reportedly will talk again sometime next week. At…