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...didn't think we were a good team, we wouldn't be so disappointed right now. I think the expectations we had, certainly to make the playoffs, [were] legitimate."--Mike Richter, Rangers goaltender, after the Rangers were eliminated from postseason play...
...both sides before the bargaining even begins, only a true optimist (like a long-suffering Cubs or Indians fan) would plan on attending many games during the imperiled 1994 season. But what lies ahead for 1995 is even more ominous for baseball traditionalists: the owners seem determined to cheapen postseason play by doubling the number of play-off teams...
...owners' meeting, would split each of the two 14-club leagues into three rather than the current two divisions. A second tier of play-offs would be created by also vaulting the second-place club with the best record (the wild-card team, terminology borrowed from pro football) into postseason play. "Fans are looking for an opportunity for their teams to be winners more often than they are now," contends John Harrington, president of the Red Sox. He piously insists that the owners "are not doing this to increase revenue," but there is only one other likely justification...
...team met four times to discuss the aftermath of a 4-3 disaster that had severely upset the Crimson's postseason scenario. Tomassoni mixed up his lines in an effort to rekindle the spark that was missing throughout a four-game road trip through the frozen North...
...loss, coupled with RPI's defeat of Cornell, means that the Crimson are still a point shy of clinching the top seed in the ECAC postseason tournament...