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THE SPORTING VIEWS
The baseball strike .. .
... thoughts following the settlement
By JOHN FITZPATRICK club and the Pawtucket Red Sox suddenly found them-
Dailysports writer selves with actual crowds cheering them to victory of
T ENDED, as it began, with an abruptness which is as booing them to defeat. The local softball leagues were
surprising as it is acceptable. No one thought they would also none the worse for the strike, as the Wolverine Sup-
really walk out, but when they did, the prevailing at- ply team continued to dominate the men's Major Fast
titude among us was one of passive resignation. Now Pitch race.
they're putting on their uniforms again, but no one is And, asenjoyable as the bull games played during the
dancing in the streets with joy. It's over, ad that'snice, strike were the memories which were revived as many
but there are other things to worry about.
If there is one thing the baseball strike has highlighted papers used gimmicks such as the one seen in this
during the 50 days of its noxious existence, it was the paper: "198-The Year of the Tiger." Suddenly we saw
fact that baseball was, is, and will be a game. And that, names like Kaline, Horton, McLain, and Lolich sp-
it seems, is something that many had forgotten until the pearing once again in box scores. Those of us who were
players walked out. weaned on baseball remembered that first trip to the
There are those In the news media who assume stadiun, the foul ball that almost landed where we were
position diametrically opposed to that just put forth: sitting, to that clutch hit that brought everyone to their
namely, that baseball's much-publicized strike is an af- feet. And we smiled in remembrace, for things were
firmation of the big business that sports have become, a put into perspective.
definite milestone along the path away from the good Yes, the owners want to make money, and yes, the
ole' days of baseball, players do too. It has always been, that way with
But this sort of an analysis can be taken only so far. professional baseball, as the word "professional't im-
After establishing caricatures of the greedy, bloated plies not only a degree of excellence, buta profit-making
owner, and the simpering, money-hungry player, many intent as well.
sports writers and commentators didn't seem to know It was inevitable then, that, as with any profitable
what to do with them. Every commentary became a business venture, the interests of management and
copy of the other, as the litany of "the owners and labor would conflict, and a strike would result. But the
players are an evil bunch" was recited, in one way or strike fed our memories, and we realized that the
another, with a sickening redundancy. owners and players were acting a little silly over the en-
These writers mut have been laboring on their theses tire thing. It was a game, and will remain so, despite the
uitesewietineers fr t heemssen dmucofthe teses business-like attitude that the parties involved in the
quite a while indeed, for they missed much of the en- strike took. Baseball yvill cease to be a game, not when
joyable baseball activity during the strike. What is teonr rpaesbgntkn ttosrosy u
referred to is, for example, the sudden popularity minor the owners or players begin taking it too seriously, but
league baseball gained. Teams such as the Evansville when we, the fans, begin to do so.
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