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Detroit Tigers' Opening Day tentatively set for April 8 after MLB labor agreement reached

After many hours at the negotiating table — and many more hours spent tweeting about what was happening at said table — the MLB lockout is over, the Free Press can confirm.

Multiple reports suggest that the players voted in favor of the owners' latest proposal, 26-12, but that the union's eight-player executive board voted against the proposal.

The deal now needs to be ratified by the owners, which is expected.

Players on 40-man rosters are expected to head to spring training sites over the next week or so with spring training games beginning shortly thereafter.