NFL owners, meeting in Atlanta today, have voted unanimously to shorten their labor agreement, meaning the current contract will end in 2011 instead of 2013.
A new deal needs to be in place by March of next year (2009) to avoid a 2010 season without a salary cap.
The Brewers will send Manny Parra (1-2) to the mound against Pittsburgh's Paul Maholm (2-4).
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