Baseball Strike

A detailed Summary of Baseball Strike

"I don't like it. People won't be able to come to these games anymore, and I don't like that". A sad nine -

year - old fan voices his concerns on the 1994 major League Baseball strike. The `94 baseball season has

come to an abrupt end. Players have ceased play because they feel they are being treated unfairly with the

owner's plan to impose a salary cap. Owners are finding it difficult to come to terms with their own

disagreements. Small market teams are rising to power with their demands while large market team owners

are finding it hard to deal with the teams and their issues, while still trying to please the players. In essence,

it is a three - way battle between the two sides of large and small market owners and the players. Neither

side is showing any sort of sympathy for the other side. They are sticking with their proposals without any

thoughts of changing them. Confusion is setting in on both sides. They are finding it hard to lean toward a

goal when they do not know what they want. The baseball strike involves greed, uncertainty, and lack of

desire to resolve the issue on both sides. While confusion mounts among owners and persistence rides high

among players, things are only going to ge

finger, there is one party that is seemingly forgotten, the precious fans. They find it hard to sympathize with

tickets, soggy hot dogs, flat beer, and all of the other novelties that accompany a day at the ball park.

resolve any problems that baseball has. At this moment, small market teams are coming into control. Last

percentage of the owners revenues. Small market owners are now insisting that all twenty-eight ball clubs

must have a salary cap, which would reduce team's spending for salaries from 58 to 50 percent of baseball

own boredom. Well Ron, maybe next Labor Day, you will be playing baseball, but the "real people" of this

t worse until they come to some sort of an agreement.

Approximate Word count = 1300
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

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