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MLB labor agreement reached; Detroit Tigers' Opening Day is on for April 8

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

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.

Detroit Tigers' Opening Day should be April 8 at home against the White Sox, according to MLB's prior announcement that the first two series of the regular season were canceled.