Atlanta Braves fans eager to see the team defend its first championship in a quarter-century will have to wait a bit longer.
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday that the first two series of the upcoming season, including baseball’s Opening Day, have been scrapped because of the ongoing lockout.
Players and owners held lengthy talks Monday, and MLB extended its self-imposed deadline until Tuesday afternoon. But negotiations broke down, and Manfred announced the first regular-season games lost to a labor stoppage since the beginning of the 1995 season. A player’s strike led to the cancellation of the 1994 World Series and delayed the start of the ’95 campaign.
Read this story now for free
To continue reading, sign up for our newsletter and get unlimited access to WABE.org
You can select your preferences for news and local content. We will never share your email address. Learn how your newsletter sign-up will support WABE and Public Media
