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MLB batting average down 7 pct. points to .242 in 1st 2 weeks, game time up 2 minutes to 2:39
NEW YORK (AP) — The major league batting average dropped seven percentage points to .242 in the first two weeks of the season, while the average time of a nine-inning game rose two minutes to 2:39 in the second season of the pitch clock. Major League Baseball implemented...
Gerrit Cole says MLB, union bickering over pitch clock sounds like 'divorced parents'
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole faulted Major League Baseball and the players' association for bickering over the pitch clock last weekend, comparing their behavior to divorced parents. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner and former member of the union's...
Players' union head blames quicker pitch clock after series of pitcher elbow injuries
NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the baseball players' association thinks a shorter pitch clock has contributed to a series of pitcher injuries. “Despite unanimous player opposition and significant concerns regarding health and safety, the commissioner’s office reduced the length of...
Baseball players' union head Tony Clark nearly doubled pay to $4.25 million last year
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball players' association head Tony Clark nearly doubled his pay to $4.25 million in 2023, according the union’s annual federal disclosure filing Monday. Clark's income had risen from just under $2 million in his first full year after succeeding Michael Weiner...
MLB players' executive subcommittee appears to reject insurgent lawyer Harry Marino
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball players' union head Tony Clark made his first public responses to an effort aimed at ousting his chief negotiator, issuing a statement from the eight-man executive subcommittee appearing to reject insurgent lawyer Harry Marino. Clark said the subcommittee...
Agent Scott Boras defends himself and union leadership against a faction pushing for new negotiator
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Agent Scott Boras defended himself and the leadership of the Major League Baseball Players Association against a faction pushing to replace the union's lead negotiator. “When you have inexperienced people who haven’t been doing this for a long time,...
Players' union head Tony Clark hopeful 2024 uniforms will soon be altered following complaints
TAMPA. Fla. (AP) — Baseball players’ association head Tony Clark is hopeful 2024 uniforms will soon be altered following complaints by his members. The uniforms designed by Nike and manufactured by Fanatics have been criticized by players for pants that are somewhat see through...
MLB union says 2-second cut to pitch clock too soon for some pitchers
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Major League Baseball's move to slice two seconds off the pitch clock with runners on base is too much, too soon, according to players' association head Tony Clark. The clock is shortening to 18 seconds from 20 with men on base and will stay at 15 seconds...
