“I see missing games as a disastrous outcome for this industry, and we’re committed to making an agreement in an effort to avoid that.”
Those were the words of Major League Baseball commissioner, Rob Manfred, a little over two weeks ago.
Despite reported optimism — optimism that now appears to have been a smokescreen from the league to blame the players — on the night of February 28th, MLB’s self-imposed deadline for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement before regular-season games were to be canceled, and an extended deadline to 5pm the following day, no deal was reached.