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• MLB owners reportedly to propose season of around 50 games with full prorated salaries

  01-06-2020 23:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Update 10:16 p.m.: Jeff Passan of ESPN reported that Major League Baseball has discussed using the option of a season with roughly 50 games in the event that it cannot come to an agreement with the MLB Players Association. According to Passan, commissioner Rob Manfred has the authority, in accordance with the language of the March 26 agreement between the players and the league, to create a schedule as long as the two sides have had negotiations.
  Major League Baseball looks to be making another
  
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• Phillies Nation Perfect Season: Utley and Howard hit back-to-back homers in win against Padres

  01-06-2020 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  June 1, 2009 – Phillies 5, Padres 3The first-place Philadelphia Phillies entered the month of June as one of the best offensive teams in the league. They led the National League in home runs thanks to the power trio of Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Raúl Ibañez. The three combined for 42 home runs through the first two months of the 2009 season.
  Ryan Howard and Chase Utley were key members of the 2009 Phillies. (Christopher Szagola/Icon Sportswire)Utley and Howard struck again
  
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• MLBPA counter-proposal for 2020 includes 114-game season, June start date

  01-06-2020 06:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  On Sunday afternoon, the Major League Baseball Players Association offered their first counter-proposal to the league for the 2020 season. According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, the plan includes a 114-game regular season beginning June 30 and ending October 31. It completely eliminates the sliding-scale pay structure proposed by the owners.
  Citizens Bank Park has been the Phillies’ home since 2004. (Tim Kelly/Phillies Nation)The players association also agreed to deferred salaries only if the
  
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• Locked On Phillies 6/1: Is Cliff Lee’s June 2011 best month in team history?

  01-06-2020 00:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  On the Monday, June 1, 2020 edition of Locked On Phillies, Phillies Nation Editorial Director Tim Kelly kicks off Cliff Lee month.
  Cliff Lee made two All-Star teams with the Phillies in the 2010s. (John Hefti/Icon Sportswire)In this episode, Kelly breaks down whether Lee’s dominant month of June of 2011 was the greatest month that a Phillie has ever had.
  Locked On Phillies is a daily Philadelphia Phillies podcast hosted by Tim Kelly that began in March of 2019 and is part of The
  
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