Orioles beat writers Eduardo Encina and Jon Meoli talks about the Orioles decision to offer tender contracts to players like utility man Ryan Flaherty, long reliever T.J. McFarland and swingman Vance Worley. (Baltimore Sun video)
The league that wins baseball's All-Star Game no longer will get home-field advantage in the World Series, which instead will go to the pennant winner with the better regular-season record.
The change was included in Major League Baseball's tentative new collective bargaining agreement and disclosed early toay to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the agreement.