The Athletic has everything the casual professional baseball fan might need to know about the lockout they might have only just started noticing.

MLB and the players association met for 15 short minutes Thursday, but the sides will likely reconvene soon to go over the players’ latest proposal. The details are tedious but they show progress in the negotiations. Key date to keep in mind: February 28, the deadline the league has set to get a new CBA done if they want the season to begin on time.

Seems stressful. And impossible.