Memorials
Memorials
MLB owners propose salary cap
Major League Baseball owners made their long-expected salary cap proposal to the players' association on Thursday, a system the union has vowed never to accept, setting the sides on course for a confrontation that threatens the 2027 season and perhaps beyond. Baseball owners hadn't proposed a firm cap since 1994. Their effort prompted a 7 1/2-month strike that forced the cancellation of the World Series for the first time in 90 years. MLB's proposal would cap spending in 2027 at $245.3 million, using figures for luxury tax payrolls that include $20.1 million for benefits and the ...
Editorial Cartoon
Editorial Cartoon
Tortorella poised to join elite group
The late-season move by the Vegas Golden Knights to fire coach Bruce Cassidy and bring on John Tortorella might have seemed to be out of desperation on the surface. It comes with a history of some success. Tortorella has guided the Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup Final after completing a ...
MLBPA fires opening shots in labor dispute
NEW YORK — Baseball players fired the opening salvo Wednesday in what is expected to be long and contentious labor negotiations, asking for expanded free agency and salary arbitration rights along with almost doubling the major league minimum and increasing the money high-revenue teams share with the less-wealthy clubs. A day before Major League Baseball is expected to make a salary cap proposal, the union outlined its initial economic proposals during a bargaining session at the players' association office in Manhattan. It included what it called a "competitive integrity tax" that ...
In time for holiday
Preparing the Fredonia American Legion Post 59 for Memorial Day, was Scout Troop and Pack 267. They assisted Auxiliary Legion member Joan Loewer with planting flowers underneath the Legion sign and raking and sweeping the property. “The results are beautiful!” Loewer said. The troops also ...