In the major league, the difficult labor-management negotiations with the players' association were not finalized, and the camp start date was reached in an unusual situation. I was there.
In Major League Baseball, the labor-management agreement with the players' association expired in December last year, and all activities related to labor and management have been stopped for two and a half months.
Players with a major league contract during the lockout could not enter the team's facility, and the gate was locked at the Arizona facility where Angels Shohei Ohtani was supposed to camp on the 16th. I was unable to enter.
At the stadium, there were only a few people maintaining the ground, and there were no athletes, and the campsite notices were still quiet as they were last year.
Also, at the facility in Arizona where the Padres and Mariners, to which Yu Darvish belongs, were supposed to camp in, the schedule for the open game was posted, but the opening date of the ticket office was undecided.
A fan man from Seattle on the west coast said, "I decided to come because even if I cancel the hotel, I will get a half refund. I don't have to go to the lockout and it's hard to understand. The camp will start in a few days. I hope that. "
The U.S. media reports that the next round of negotiations will take place over the weekend, but there is a big gap between the two sides in many areas, and if they can't agree by the end of this month, the season will start on the 31st of next month. Unusual situations that could have an impact continue.