All it took for MLB and the players’ union to perhaps close in — finally — on an agreement to get baseball played again was a face-to-face meeting.
Maybe commissioner Rob Manfred can save face, after all.
It will take some doing, but coming up with a deal, the framework of which the sides were getting closer to Wednesday, would be a needed beginning.
Thankfully, for the state of baseball, Manfred seems to be trying hard to break a stalemate over money that, during a pandemic, has tossed fans into growing states of discontent and — perhaps worse — indifference.