The MLB lockout is over, ending on day ninety-nine.
None of this had to happen.
Major League Baseball’s group of owners could have negotiated with the players from day one.
Instead, they locked out the players as a power move a few minutes after the previous deal expired.
They could have negotiated with the players immediately after the lockout.
Instead, they waited over a month and a half before submitting their first serious response to the offers submitted by the players.
They could have started compromising with the players from the start.