Word: strike
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...raining, even pouring, but we went to the stadium anyway. It really made no sense, and we knew it, so thick were the forecast bands of precipitation. But with the scarier storm of a players' strike on the horizon, to neglect the tickets in our possession seemed suicidal...
Part of me wants the strike to continue until the game cleanses itself, no matter how long that my take. There are other things to do, other games to see, and believe me, I don't miss baseball for the salaries, for the players and owners, not even so much for the pennant races or the record-breakers...
...strike can't go on forever, and at least some owners will want to crack first. Small-market teams like Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and Montreal will need to drink from their primary pool of income, gate receipts, very soon. The irony is that Montreal was at the top of the NL East, yet they couldn't fill Olympic Stadium. The answer is simple; move the team south where people care. A serious profit-sharing initiative, such as those in place in both the NFL and NBA, will have to be implemented to save small market clubs...
...after thousands of oil workers ended their strike to protest the arrest of opposition leader Moshood Abiola, Nigeria's military leader General Sani Abacha declared absolute power, issuing decrees placing his military government above the country's courts and allowing detention of people for up to three months without charges. Abiola, widely believed to have won the annulled 1993 presidential election, awaits trial on treason charges...
...Baseball Strike Goes...