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Rick Zamperin: MLB and players union finally pull their heads out of the sand
Major League Baseball and the players union are suddenly on the verge of a deal to save their COVID-19 pandemic-shortened season.On March 26th, the league offered the players full prorated salaries for playing what would amount to less than the normal 162-game season, and the MLBPA agreed.But soon after realizing that there would be no fans in attendance due to physical distancing protocols across North America, and thus drastically reducing potential revenues, the owners backtracked.The ensuing weeks saw both sides propose and reject each other’s numerous attempts to find some middle ground, a series of volleys and returns that came to a head over the weekend when union boss Tony Clark drew a line in the sand and commissioner Rob Manfred