Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...PLAYERS: WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH? And WILL PLAY FOR FOOD. But so did the number of black-and-silver N.F.L. Raider caps in the crowd. "Do the players play because of a love of the game or because of money?" asked 32-year-old Arthur Dover. "I think this strike shows the answer." Then, by way of warning to the players, he pointed to his Raider headgear and added, "We do have football coming...
...over America, empty baseball diamonds bake with dust as the Jeremy-and-Nick generation sinks putts, shoots hoops, kicks soccer balls or just hangs out at the mall. Baseball is losing the young (the last time a World Series game was played during daytime was 1987), and a lengthy strike will only hasten the exodus...
...strike forced cancellation of 42 games scheduled for last Friday and the weekend. But more than that, it broke the cherished bond that the game has with its die-hard fans. Baseball, more than any other sport, depends on a complete 162-game season to maintain the continuity of its records. Not since the 1930s had baseball witnessed such a fan-friendly display of power hitting as this season. Conspiracy theorists mutter darkly about a livelier ball, while other analysts point to depleted pitching staffs and new homer-haven ball parks. Baseball's most hallowed record, Roger Maris' 61 homers...
...negotiations resumed on Friday, but only hard-core true believers (like lifelong Indians fans) clung to the hope of an early settlement. True, both sides did agree to meet separately with federal mediators, as they did during the 50-day 1981 strike. An optimistic source who is in touch with both the owners and the players' union painted an upbeat scenario of baseball returning around Labor Day. "It'll take a week before both sides begin serious bargaining," he theorized. "Another 10 days to hammer out an agreement. And maybe four or five days for the players and teams...
...baseball strike should be viewed more as a civil war in a wealthy extended family than an old-fashioned labor-management confrontation. The owners -- who include such tycoons as broadcaster Ted Turner (Atlanta Braves) and home-video king Wayne Huizenga (Florida Marlins), along with such FORTUNE 500 businesses as the Tribune Co. (Chicago Cubs) and Anheuser-Busch (St. Louis Cardinals) -- possess the most coveted playthings in America: major league sports franchises. The players, backed by the most successful union in history, have grown rich beyond the wildest dreams of Joe DiMaggio and Willie Mays. More than 100 players make over...