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An alternative theory posits that the owners settled on a desire for a cap first but that small-market owners blanched at the idea of their large-market peers pocketing all that overage. Outwardly, the owners advanced concerns about competitive balance (never mind that baseball's competitive balance "problems" in the free-agency era have been illusory), but they were also fretting over an ill-advised national television contract.Īlso, there's an "arrow of causality" question here. What many owners wanted was increased revenue sharing, but the only way they could build a consensus was to promise the anti-revenue sharing block of owners that they, as a collective, would push for a salary cap. This would allow the owners to press for their favored changes, and this - along with whispers of a possible lockout before the 1993 season - was the shot across the bow.
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In a sense, it began in late 1992, when the owners, mere months after ousting erstwhile commissioner - and labor realist - Fay Vincent, voted to re-open the 1990 basic agreement (MLB's collective bargaining agreement with the MLBPA) for negotiation a full year before it was set to expire. In reality, it's the owners who should wear the labor stoppage of 1994 as a shame of their own making. The former is a topic for another forum, and the latter is just envy dressed up in populism. There's perhaps some anti-unionism baked into this, and there's also the quaint notion that ballplayers, because they get paid to play a game, should be happy with the riches they have.
Many of us tend go with the tidy and lazy "pox on both their houses" approach, seeing no sense in distinguishing between the millionaires and billionaires who afflicted the game. Twenty years hence, though, who should we blame for what happened to baseball in the summer of '94? We didn't get to see just how far the Montreal Expos could go. We were deprived of seeing Tony Gwynn, Matt Williams and maybe Ken Griffey Jr. The strike of 1994 was a lacerating event for anyone who cares about baseball. (USATSI)ġ994 Strike: What if Expos won? | Other hopefuls | Individual chances at history "Well, my optimism was misplaced," he said.Who’s to blame for what happened in 1994? Hint: The guy above used to number among them. While many players worried about the possibility of a work stoppage, others were optimistic that the situation would resolve overnight - Van Horne included. He was on a team flight from Pittsburgh to Montreal. Van Horne remembers the day before the strike well.
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Professional baseball in the 1990s was a multi-million dollar industry wealthy MLB owners still struggled to keep pace with the ever-increasing player salaries.
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The call for a strike came following a proposed salary cap and changes to free agency rules. Ten years later, the franchise was relocated to Washington, D.C., and renamed the Nationals. The team traded some key players and let others leave for more lucrative contracts with other teams. But after the strike, the team couldn't keep the team together or regain that momentum.
The Expos were a dream team for Montreal with players making a significant mark in league stats and fan adoration. Montreal has been without a baseball franchise since the Expos, who played at Olympic Stadium, were moved to Washington D.C., and renamed the Nationals after the 2004 season.
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