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Baseball strike on hold Baseball players and team representatives averted the first strike in the history of the game in Japan on Sept. 10 by reaching a last-minute agreement that will allow teams to continue playing -- for now. The players had said three conditions, including a one-year freeze on the merger of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and the Orix BlueWave, would have to be met by 5 p.m. Sept. 10 to avoid a strike. In addition to the freeze, the players wanted assurances that there would be no further mergers and that the fees required for setting up a new team would be reduced. On Sept. 10, they got just enough to keep playing until Sept. 18, the next day there could be a work stoppage under the players' plans for weekend strikes.
The Japan Times Weekly: Sept. 18, 2004 |
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