<p>For the first time in 27 years, a labor dispute in <a class='ath autolink' href='https://theathletic.com/mlb/'>Major League Baseball</a> has <a href="https://theathletic.com/news/mlb-canceling-first-2-series-of-2022-regular-season-commissioner-rob-manfred-says/ykuRKzp7K2Nm/" target= self>cost the sport games and delayed Opening Day</a>.</p><p></p><p>Three months after they started a lockout, commissioner Rob Manfred and the owners on Tuesday said they were canceling the first two series of the season after a 5 p.m. ET deadline passed Tuesday without a deal.</p><p></p><p>Negotiations have ended for the immediate future and the sides are expected to leave Florida, where they’ve bargained with each other for nine straight days. Major matters such as the competitive balance tax thresholds, the minimum salary, and the size of a new pre-arbitration bonus pool left the sides with a
MLB and its players association held their longest day of collective bargaining yet this winter, faced with owner-imposed deadline to preserve full season.
Major League Baseball listed Monday, Feb. 28 as the official deadline for a new CBA if the regular season is going to start on time. That doesn't look likely.