There is nothing complicated about most labor negotiations. Two sides with differences sit down and attempt to reach common ground. It's a process in which compromise plays the leading role. The 1994 major league baseball strike falls into another category, however -- one that retired United Auto Workers president Douglas Fraser calls a "death struggle." In such confrontations, destroying your opponent takes precedence over making sweet peace.
Until the 35th day of the walkout, optimists and baseball sentimentalists wanted to believe compromise was possible. But their hopes were shattered by a four-paragraph resolution that interim commissioner Bud Selig released last week...
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