mcal@ihuxb.UUCP (Mike Clifford) (07/16/85)
A date has been set for the player's strike...Aug 6th. The strike date was set in hopes of forcing the owner's to the bargaining table. In Jerome Holtzman's column "On Baseball" in the 7-16-85 Chgo. Tribune, one owner is quoted as saying,"This definitely puts the pressure on us. This is going to smoke us out." The owner did not want to be identified. Another club official, again asking anonymity, said, "I don't know what's going to happen in the next three weeks, but if there is a strike, once it begins, the owners will hang tough... once we lose all that television revenue (from the cancellation of the playoffs and World Series...about $100 million, or approx. $4 million per team) we don't have much to lose again until this time next year. I can assure you the owners would not allow the 1986 season to open unless they got almost everything they want." I sure hope everything can be straightened out before Aug. 6th. If not, well, football season is just around the corner! If they (the players and the owners)think that the fans' life revolves around baseball, they are in for a rude awakening (I hope). Mike Clifford
bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert) (07/25/85)
> I sure hope everything can be straightened out before Aug. 6th. If not, well, > football season is just around the corner! If they (the players and the owners)think that the fans' life revolves around baseball, they are in for a rude > awakening (I hope). > > Mike Clifford ] Good point Mike. I like sports in general. I like baseball, football, ] soccer, etc. If baseball comes to an abrupt end then I'll just start ] planing my time around a football schedule. Like somebody said " parts ] is parts, is parts" well sports is sports is sports. ] ] well your honor, this is the way it really was...] Bob Nebert ] sdcsvax!bmcg!bobn
david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) (07/31/85)
>>I sure hope everything can be straightened out before Aug. 6th. If not, well, >>football season is just around the corner! If they (the players and the >>owners) think that the fans' life revolves around baseball, they are in for >>a rude >> awakening (I hope). >> >> Mike Clifford >] Good point Mike. I like sports in general. I like baseball, football, >] soccer, etc. If baseball comes to an abrupt end then I'll just start >] planing my time around a football schedule. Like somebody said " parts >] is parts, is parts" well sports is sports is sports. >] >] well your honor, this is the way it really was...] Bob Nebert >] sdcsvax!bmcg!bobn Heretics! Baseball is THE sport. Comparing it to such a vulgar undertaking as football is blasphemy. You two have been added to our list... Burn them, burn them, burn them, burn them, burn them.... David Rubin {allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"