DETROIT (AFX) - Baseball players and owners have reached a tentative agreement on a five-year labor contract, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Sunday.
The deal, struck during bargaining in New York on Friday night and Saturday, is subject to the sides putting the deal in writing, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been finalized.
Lawyers were working on drafting language Sunday, and they hoped to finalize it Monday or Tuesday. Once that happened, commissioner Bud Selig would announce it in St. Louis at the World Series.
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