With MLB lockout looming, World Series readies for two small-market teams

NBC News reports: There are no new alerts at this time Back in March, as the first pitches were being thrown and as the first hot dogs were just being unwrapped, the 2026 Major League Baseball season started under the assumption that it would be the final one before contentious labor negotiations in the winter. “A lockout is all but guaranteed at the end of the agreement,” Bruce Meyer, the acting executive director of the MLB Players Association, said in February . “The league has pretty much said that.” We’re now in October, and this year’s World Series matchup between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Milwaukee Brewers is equally intriguing for what it means on th….

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