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Yankees President Says He Is Confident MLB Will Avoid Lockout Amid Salary Cap Dispute

Yankees president Randy Levine said he is confident Major League Baseball will avoid a lockout, as the current labor agreement expires Dec. 1 and owners push for a salary cap.

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Yankees president Randy Levine said he is "confident" that Major League Baseball will avoid a lockout despite a fight over a salary cap, according to a Fox News report on Levine's comments.

Fox News reported that the collective bargaining agreement, known as the CBA, expires Dec. 1. The report said owners are pushing for a salary cap in baseball, and the cap is at the center of the dispute described in the headline.

Fox News also reported that World Series Game 5 could be the last Major League Baseball game for the foreseeable future. The report tied that possibility to the expiration of the CBA on Dec. 1, according to its summary.

The headline frames the story around the risk of a lockout and Levine's statement that he is confident the league will avoid one. The summary available for this report does not include the full text of Levine's remarks, so the reasons he gave for his confidence are not reported here.

The summary also does not describe any response to Levine's comments from the league, the owners, or other parties involved in the negotiations. Those positions are not reported in the material available for this story.

The Fox News report does not list an author. The sources for this story consist of that single report, and no other outlet's account of the dispute was available for comparison.

Sources: Fox News: Yankees president Randy Levine says he is 'confident' MLB will avoid a lockout despite cap fight.