A last-minute deal averts a major league player strike
As the major league baseball contract talks moved into the bottom of the ninth last week, the deadlock took on a fantastical quality. Here were the owners demanding in effect an agreement that would protect them from themselves. Here were the players, who make an average of $130,000 a year, threatening to strike like a bunch of coolies. Fans everywhere could only hope that both sides would come to their senses before a summer's entertainment was dashed.
Shortly before 5 a.m. Friday, a bleary-eyed Marvin...
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