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There were a few horrible days during the past nine months when I forgot about the Red Sox. I tried to keep their memory alive by wearing the team cap almost every day, but words like "Fehr," and "Harrington" (and even "thesis") made me forget. But Wednesday, all I thought of was the Red Sox as I watched them pummel the evil Twins and start their triumphant march to the World Series...
...this situation? I've always been optimistic, but I'll just have to wait and see." Actually, it really was Chris Sabo. And former World Series mvp Dave Stewart. And Bobby Witt, Mariano Duncan, Randy Velarde . . . The players, 28 in all, nearly outnumbered the fans. Welcome, gentlemen, to Camp Fehr. Welcome to Baseball...
...National Labor Relations Board, forcing the owners to return to the work rules of the expired collective-bargaining agreement. So baseball was right back where it started last August, with the same old system in place and no sign of a new agreement. The distrust between union head Don Fehr and acting commissioner Bud Selig is still so vehement that they can't even agree on a mutual no-strike, no-lockout pledge for this season...
Baseball owners were hopeful today that they had found a way to end thestrikein time to get the players back in uniform by opening day, this Sunday. But tonight, players union chief Donald Fehr deflated hopes for a quick settlement, telling a press conference that while the owners had made some promising concessions, they were not yet substantial enough to bring the strike to an end. Late last night, owners proposed playing the 1995 season -- now scheduled to begin with replacement players -- under 1994 work rules, then levying a 50 percent "luxury tax" in 1996 on teams with payrolls over...
Three senior U.S. Senators today launched an attempt to end the six-month-old baseball strike with legislation that would partially repeal the sport's 73-year-old antitrust exemption. Players union head Donald Fehr lauded the bill, introduced by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.) and Bob Graham (D-Fla.). They want to let players mount court challenges -- as is done in other industries -- when owners unite to set labor restrictions. Congressional leaders, including House Speaker Newt Gingrich, are opposed to enacting legislation to solve the strike. Gingrich and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole...