Word: strike
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...friends was disappointed in me for jumping enthusiastically into baseball so quickly after the strike. He agreed with a fan walking outside Fenway Park yesterday who tried to give Red Sox fans a guilt trip with his sign that chided, "How quickly we forget." How could I, as a self-respecting individual, crawl back to my unfaithful baseball lover without so much as even one day of a boycott...
Easy: the Red Sox were never on strike, and the Red Sox can never go on strike. The Red Sox are a mythic creation, a feeling of longing born of 76 years, a sensation of always almost making it. The team is a force that binds New England together, that conjures memories long buried, that at times breeds hope in even the most cynical...
Bernhard took first when his third strike eluded MIT catcher Kohler for a passed ball. Then designated hitter Craig Wilke singled up the middle, moving Bernhard to second...
Healy defended the hiring of the new officers, saying it is difficult to strike a balance between the city's desire for a diverse and bilingual police force and the need to hire cops familiar with the community...
...fans will come back. Season ticket sales are lagging in some cities, and five teams have cut their average ticket price. TIME sports editor Steve Wulf says that although there are many reasons for the fans to be dissatisfied--a shorter than normal season, an umpire's strike and the possibility that the players may strike again--mostly what he sees is a "sense of relief" by the fans. "People are ready to see baseball again...