Clark: Rules changes would be smoother with player input
March 18, 2023 GMTMIAMI (AP) — Union head Tony Clark claims Major League Baseball's rules changes would have gone more smoothly during spring training if player thoughts had been incorporated.
MLB implemented its first pitch clock, limited defensive shifts and pickoff attempts and installed larger bases as part of the biggest alteration in playing rules since the mound was lowered for the 1969 season.
MLBPA’s Tony Clark says rising payrolls good for game
February 25, 2023 GMTSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A handful of free-spending owners in Major League Baseball have made some of the game's other owners a little nervous.
Players' union head Tony Clark doesn't mind that development one bit.
Secure with 5-year deal, Clark pushes to make MLBPA stronger
December 1, 2022 GMTSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tony Clark has never had more clout as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association.
The 50-year-old helped the union navigate a tumultuous stretch that included a pandemic-shortened 2020 season and a new labor deal in March that not only saved a full 162-game season but also was viewed as at least a modest win for the players and their pocketbooks.
MLBPA keeps Clark, extends executive director through 2027
November 30, 2022 GMTSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Major League Baseball Players Association has voted to extend the contract of executive director Tony Clark through 2027.
The 50-year-old Clark — who had a 15-year big league career, mostly with the Tigers and Diamondbacks — helped broker the players' current labor deal with MLB.
Clark says push to unionize minor leaguers off to good start
August 30, 2022 GMTPHOENIX (AP) — Major League Baseball Players Association head Tony Clark is confident that at least 30% of minor league players will sign recently distributed union authorization cards in the coming days and weeks, paving the way for thousands more players to potentially join the organization.
Manfred remains optimistic on labor; pitch clock encouraging
October 27, 2021 GMTHOUSTON (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred exchanged a handshake with players’ union head Tony Clark on the field before the World Series opener and expressed optimism about reaching an agreement before the current deal expires Dec.
6 teams idle: Manfred, union talk as MLB grapples with virus
August 1, 2020 GMTMIAMI (AP) — With six teams idled Friday by the COVID-19 pandemic, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred spoke to union leader Tony Clark about the importance of players following the sport's coronavirus protocols...
MLB thinks Manfred has framework with Clark, union stays mum
June 18, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — After days of angry exchanges over money between Major League Baseball and the players' association, Commissioner Rob Manfred started to doubt whether there would be a 2020 season and said as much on national television...
MLB allows players to leave after canceling spring training
March 14, 2020 GMTMESA, Ariz. (AP) — Major League Baseball is allowing players to go home, making the decision a day after canceling the rest of the spring training schedule and postponing opening day by at least two weeks amid the novel coronavirus outbreak...
Clark: Machado’s deal doesn’t mean system is working
February 22, 2019 GMTTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Players' union head Tony Clark says Adam Wainwright's comments about a possible strike were in line with widespread concern he hears from his members about a free-agent market they claim has become dysfunctional.