Manfred cautioned later, \u201cThe logistics of LA, as evidenced by how long we\u2019ve been talking about it, are difficult.\u201c<\/p>\n
In past years, Manfred said it would be hard for MLB players to take part in the Olympics given the Games are in the middle of the baseball season.<\/p>\n
Then in June, he said \u201csome progress\u201c had been made after talks with LA 2028, according to MLB.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n In July, Tony Clark, the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, said of LA 2028, \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of work that still needs to be done,\u201d but his group was \u201chopeful that we can figure our way through it for the benefit of the game,\u201d according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n The LA Olympic baseball tournament is scheduled for the first week of the Games from July 15-20, 2028, at Dodger Stadium (which hosted baseball as a demonstration sport at the 1984 LA Games).<\/p>\n The MLB All-Star breaks the past five seasons were: July 12-14, 18-20, 10-13, 15-18 and 14-17.<\/p>\n If MLB participates in LA 2028, the All-Star break would likely be extended to about 11 days to include the All-Star Game (presumably Tuesday, July 11) and the Olympics, Manfred said Monday, according to ESPN.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are a lot of details that need to be worked out,\u201d Manfred said Saturday. \u201cWe have made a lot of progress with LA 2028 in terms of the calendar. Right now, we\u2019re in discussions with the players association about that set of issues.\u201d<\/p>\n Baseball was on the Olympic medal program from 1992 through 2008, plus at the Tokyo Games in 2021, with college players and minor leaguers on U.S. teams at those past editions.<\/p>\n In May, LA 2028 chairperson and CEO Casey Wasserman said that Olympic organizers were having continued \u201dgreat conversations\u201d with the league and the union.<\/p>\n \u201dObviously, their complexity is it requires them to shut down the season, or take players out of competition during the season for a period of time,\u201d Wasserman said then. \u201dSo there\u2019s a level of complexity that doesn\u2019t exist for the NFL, but the conversations have been great. I think this just continues to show how really there is no opportunity like this for any sport in the world. I think Major League Baseball fully understands that, and we continue to engage with them to hopefully get to a good result where it\u2019s our goal to make a similar announcement with baseball in the near future, if we can.\u201d<\/p>\n