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Giveback demands in MLB bargaining lead to work stoppages

FILE - Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, left, shake hands with MLB Players Association Director of Players Relations Tony Clark, as MLBPA Executive Director Michael Weiner, second from left and Boston Red Sox's Andrew Miller, second from right, leaves after a press conference announcing a five-year collective bargaining agreement on Nov. 22, 2011. Getting a side to give back something it gained previously in collective bargaining can lead to difficult negotiations, which is why Major League Baseball has its first work stoppage in 26 years. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

FILE - Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, center, is flanked by Vice President of Labor Relations Rob Manfred, left, and MLB Players Association Executive Director Michael Weiner, during a new conference announcing a five-year collective bargaining agreement on Nov. 22, 2011 in New York. Getting a side to give back something it gained previously in collective bargaining can lead to difficult negotiations, which is why Major League Baseball has its first work stoppage in 26 years. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

FILE - This Oct. 25, 2011, file photo, shows the outfield ivy and iconic manual scoreboard at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Getting a side to give back something it gained previously in collective bargaining can lead to difficult negotiations, which is why Major League Baseball has its first work stoppage in 26 years. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Giveback demands in MLB bargaining lead to work stoppages