MLB, MLBPA hold marathon talks that go past another deadline

Major League Baseball had stated, prior to their discussions on a new collective bargaining agreement with the MLB Players Association, that Tuesday was the deadline for such an agreement in order to have a full 162-game season. (Of course, that was after cancelling games they had said wouldn’t be made up, a week earlier in Jupiter, Florida.)

I’m going to start this article at the end, so you can see where the two sides stand coming into Wednesday. They didn’t finish up until around 3 a.m. Eastern time:

MLB official just informed us that MLBPA requested to speak with their board later this morning before presenting MLB with their latest proposal.

So, talks will continue, but with a pause.…