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Paul Sullivan: A very serious look at how the next few months of negotiations between MLB and players could unfold

With the MLB owners’ lockout leading to the cancellation of the opening week of the 2022 season, anxious baseball fans are asking the same question: “What’s next?”

Because Nostradamus wasn’t a baseball fan, we only can speculate about how and when the stalemate will end.

Based on 28 years covering baseball labor disputes, here’s an inside look at what we can expect in the coming weeks and months as MLB owners and the players union slug it out behind closed doors.

March 28: Negotiations hit a snag when owners make a surprise proposal to bring in ghost negotiators.