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AP source: Players' board rejects 60-game season by 33-5

by AP Baseball Writer
| June 22, 2020 4:03 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — The executive board of the Major League Baseball Players Association rejected a proposed 60-game schedule by a 33-5 vote, daring Commissioner Rob Manfred to give a unilateral order for the regular season's start and provoke what figures to be lengthy and costly litigation over the impact of the coronavirus on the sport.

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