Baseball players ask for expanded free agency, salary arbitration rights, almost doubling minimum
Baseball players fired the opening salvo Wednesday in what is expected to be long and contentious labor negotiations, asking for expanded free agency and salary arbitration rights along with almost doubling the major league minimum and increasing the money high-revenue teams share with the less-wealthy clubs. A day before Major League Baseball is expected to make a salary cap proposal, the union outlined its initial economic proposals during a bargaining session at the union's office in Manhattan. Baseball’s labor contract expires Dec. 1 and MLB is expected to institute a lockout, management’s equivalent of a strike under federal labor law.
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Tears in Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s eyes after nearly missing fastest IPL century - Watch
Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi delivered a sensational 97 off 29 balls in an IPL playoff, narrowly missing a historic century. Despite shattering records for most sixes (65) and runs by an uncapped batter (680), the young prodigy's visible heartbreak after falling short resonated deeply, highlighting the immense pressure and passion of the game.
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Massena wins Section 10 Class C boys lacrosse title
POTSDAM — The trio of Karenhisen Johnson with five goals, Drystan Cole with four goals and one assist and Drew Smutz with two goals and six assists continued as a three cylinder power package as NAC Champion Massena won the Section 10 Class C boys lacrosse championship Tuesday by downing Malone 14-3 at SUNY Potsdam. The Raiders advance into the New York State Tournament and into a semi-final ...
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