Thursday Bird Droppings: Waiting for lockout talks to start up again

Still empty. Maybe for another two and a half months.Hello, friends.

So, what now? The season is officially on hold. It feels like it’s only a matter of time before MLB sets another self-imposed deadline for its self-imposed lockout and more canceled games are announced when that deadline does not produce any meaningful movement from the owners on the key issues in the negotiation of a new CBA.

I periodically get e-mails that promote assorted odds of some baseball-related prop bets. Most of the time I ignore them, but I got one offering odds for when this season will begin. Lacking any insight myself on when all of this will end, it was interesting to see where some oddsmakers think the…