At long last, it’s time to play ball. After a lockout that spanned 99 days, MLB and the MLB Players Association reached a tentative agreement on Thursday afternoon, The Post’s Joel Sherman confirmed. The two sides finally found the common ground to reach a deal for a new collective bargaining agreement, paving the way for the regular season to begin by next month.
Following a contentious battle that blew past multiple league-instituted “deadlines” over the past week-plus — which threatened to do further damage to the sport the longer it lingered — baseball has labor peace once again. Both sides need to ratify the deal, but that is the expected outcome.
This is great news. And I’m sure that with a few double-headers here and there, they can get in a full 162-game season in too.