Outside The Confines: As MLB shuts down, NCAA baseball starts up

Here’s Vanderbilt’s Chris McElvain pitching last Friday. At least some baseball is happening.If you’ve got today off, I hope that you have a better time than the people negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement.

I’m just going to point you to Al’s article about the delay of Spring Training and Sara’s piece on the issues surrounding the Competitive Balance Tax in case you missed them or if you need a refresher on the issues involved.

Jesse Rogers notes that MLB and the MLB Players Association are finally getting serious and that there are “several” negotiating sessions planned for this week. Rogers reports that they may even meet every day.

Here’s a timeline of the negotiations and what…