NEW YORK (AFX) - Negotiators for baseball players and owners bargained again Saturday as they intensified efforts to reach a new labor contract before the end of the World Series.
The sides' Friday session didn't end until 3 a.m. Saturday morning. Several people on both sides with knowledge of the talks said it was possible an agreement could be reached next week.
The current contract runs out Dec. 19, and reaching agreement before the expiration would be a landmark for baseball, which had eight work stoppages from 1972-95.
In August 2002, the sides agreed to a deal hours before players were set to strike. It was the first time since 1970 that players and owners reached a labor contract without a work stoppage.
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