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Major League Baseball’s team owners and players have reached a stalemate for plans to begin the season, but we have some suggestions. Major league players have held firm: We get prorated salary for any games we play this year, because it’s in our agreement with the owners. On Wednesday, the day the league notified the players it was proceeding with a plan for a truncated season, the union shot back that it must approve the expanded playoff format owners say would generate interest and revenue for the sport. The winning teams in the best-of-five preliminary round would advance to a best-of-seven division series, and from there the league championship series and World Series would take place as usual. Ed Desser, a sports media consultant and the former president of NBA TV, said the additional postseason games could represent a “glut” that could depress the value of each one, particularly since the extra inventory would be early round games.

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