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Rob Manfred stepped to the mic Monday with a message for anyone sweating the future of the game — baseball will be played in two thousand twenty seven. The commissioner addressed ongoing collective bargaining uncertainty head-on, saying the league is planning on playing, a signal that both sides are at least talking with urgency heading into what could be a pivotal offseason for labor relations.
Shifting to the ice, the Montreal Victoire can breathe easy tonight. The PWHL's Walter Cup championship trophy, which went missing during shipment, has been found and returned to the team. Losing a championship trophy in transit is the kind of story that sounds impossible until it happens, and the Victoire now have their hardware back where it belongs.
And in Seattle, the Mariners got difficult news on rookie shortstop Colt Emerson, who will undergo season-ending surgery on his left wrist. The twenty-one-year-old had been on the injured list since mid-August, with the wrist an issue dating back to spring training. The good news — he's expected to be ready when camp opens next year.
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