Looking at MLB History Could Help Players and Owners Come to Agreeable Terms

SI's Tom Verducci shares his thoughts regarding the back-and-forth between MLB owners and players

Tom Verducci | Jun 22, 2020

MLB players and owners have still not struck a deal to begin the 2020 MLB season. SI's Tom Verducci poses the question: If they are having this much trouble to work out a deal after this much back-and-forth, how are they expected to come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement beginning with the 2021-2022 season? As Verducci explains, the answer might be found by looking back at the 1981 season.

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Published Jun 22, 2020

TOM VERDUCCI

Tom Verducci is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered Major League Baseball since 1981. He also serves as an analyst for FOX Sports and the MLB Network; is a New York Times best-selling author; and cohosts The Book of Joe podcast with Joe Maddon. A five-time Emmy Award winner across three categories (studio analyst, reporter, short form writing) and nominated in a fourth (game analyst), he is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past New York chapter chairman) and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1993. He also is the only writer to be a game analyst for World Series telecasts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, with whom he has two children.