Pivotal Week Approaches in Negotiations

After the last negotiating session between the owners and MLB Players Union lasted a mere 15 minutes, both sides have vowed to meet every day this week in hopes of meeting a self-imposed deadline of February 28th in order to have the season start on time on March 31st.

I’m going to try and recap the happenings of the week ahead as much as I can, with quick summaries of the daily news, so we can follow along real time with what’s going on.

To kick that coverage off, I thought I’d start with a few updates since my last sweeping review to kind of set the table for what I’m sure will be a busy week ahead.

As stated, the owners presented the players with a calendar during their last proposal of the…