Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 6, 1990 TAG: 9003062210
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B9 EDITION: EVENING
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NEW YORK LENGTH: Short
Negotiators for the owners and players met Monday to discuss their positions, but said nothing was accomplished.
They'll try again today, the 20th day of the spring training lockout.
Opening day is scheduled for April 2 - less than a month away - and the clock is ticking louder every day.
"I would suspect if we don't have an agreement by the end of this week, opening day is wholly at risk," Chuck O'Connor, the owners' chief negotiator, said.
Commissioner Fay Vincent added, "This is the week which once and for all relates to whether the season will be affected."
Realizing that time is running out, the owners have even changed some of their plans for the rest of the week.
Owners canceled meetings of the Player Relations Committee and the American and National Leagues that were to have been held Wednesday outside Dallas, and instead decided to have the PRC convene today in New York.
The owners will have a joint meeting in Texas on Thursday.
Vincent said the six PRC members - Bud Selig of Milwaukee, Carl Pohlad of Minnesota, Jerry Reinsdorf of the Chicago White Sox, Fred Wilpon of the New York Mets, John McMullen of Houston and Fred Kuhlmann of St. Louis - would meet this afternoon and that the first negotiating session since Feb. 24 probably would take place later in the day.
The hope was that enough progress would be made that another meeting could be held on Wednesday.
by CNB