JUPITER, Fla. — Somewhere the redcoats will hang and somewhere the trucks will wait, and sometime the pageantry, like bunting and NL pennants, will unfurl for a home opener at Busch Stadium. But there was no deal in Manhattan, so it won’t be April 7, says Major League Baseball.
Keep the Clydesdales comfortable.
It could be a while.
Despite two lengthy days of negotiations in New York and a three-pronged poke by the owners at the last minute, MLB and the players’ union could not strike an agreement before the commissioner’s moving deadline to assure a 162-game schedule.