Barry M. Bloom The Major League Baseball Players Association has accepted an ultimatum from MLB on Tuesday to start an abbreviated 60-game regular season by late July.The union had rejected the offer Monday after which the owners adopted the measure, giving the players until late Tuesday to accept health and safety protocols to play as the coronavirus continues to spread around North America.In the agreement, players must pass a coronavirus test and report to spring training camps by July 1.The framework for the agreement stemmed out of a meeting last week between baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and MLBPA executive director Tony Clark at Clark’s home in the Phoenix area.MLB proposed a 60-game season with full pro rata pay and no fans in.
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