Major League Baseball has canceled opening day, as the league’s commissioner announced Tuesday that the sport will lose regular-season games over a labor dispute. Baseball’s last labor-shortened season occurred in 1994, when a player strike led to the World Series’ cancellation — an outcome league leaders say they hope to avoid this year.
The Associated Press reported that players and the league had made progress during 13 negotiating sessions over 16 1/2 hours Monday, and that the league sent the players’ association a “best and final offer” Tuesday on the ninth straight day of negotiations. Players rejected that offer, the AP said.
Commissioner Rob Manfred said the cancellations extend to the first two series of the season.
The Washington Nationals were originally set to open the season March 31 against the New York Mets at Citi Field with an April 4 home opener facing the Philadelphia Phillies, starting off a two-game homestand. Now, the team is scheduled to play more than a dozen…
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