Who is the best in Major League Baseball Strikes?
Baseball strikes a strong pitch for Olympic recall Baseball is making what it believes is a strong pitch for reinstatement to the Olympic Games in 2016 after being dropped for the 2012 Games in London. One of the main reasons for baseball’s exclusion was the non-appearance of the sport’s elite players since it became an Olympic sport in 1992. Because the summer Games clash with North America’s Major League season, the best players have been unavailable, forcing many nations to select players with Minor League teams – in other words, the reserve and youth sides of the Major League teams such as the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox – rather than the stars. Although the strong Korean and Japanese leagues took a break to coincide with the 2008 Games, such an idea was a non-starter in the United States. Games were not postponed, and the teams who pay vast salaries were unwilling to release players for up to 14 days. Even leading Minor League players with hopes of being called up to the M
Baseball strike halts best-ever Expos team Broadcast Date: Aug. 12, 1994 The Montreal Expos are a dying franchise — pitiful payroll, low attendance, middling results on the field. But in 1994, a long period of “rebuilding” finally yields results. The Expos lead the National League East, six games ahead of the Atlanta Braves (a team that spends twice as much on player salaries.) Attendance is up, and many think the Expos are a lock for the World Series. Then a labour dispute brings the season to a screeching halt. The Major League Baseball strike affects many cities, but it is particularly devastating to Montreal. Its impressive young team is just coming into its own, lining up a pennant run on the heels of back-to-back Toronto Blue Jays championships. In this clip, sports commentator Dino Sisto is optimistic that there will still be a World Series (such hopes would later be dashed.) He also believes the strike won’t be the Expo’s death knell (instead, it marked the start of a slow demi
