Pick Your Strike Date

Max Power · 08-12-2002, 03:46 PM

NYT reports it will be in the last 10 days of August.

Between 8/21 and 8/31 - what's your pick and why?

KCBOOMER · 08-12-2002, 03:49 PM

If you are like me and are convinced there is going to be a strike then 8/21 works. Just may as well get it over with. If you have the opposite viewpoint then 8/31 to give them extra time to work out the details.

VNV Nation · 08-12-2002, 03:49 PM

Whatever the last payday is during that period.

Max Power · 08-12-2002, 03:52 PM

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Originally posted by VNV Nation
Whatever the last payday is during that period.

Pretty sure that's 8/30.

rcartman28 · 08-12-2002, 04:01 PM

Normally, I would guess August 31st, which would make the players only miss two paychecks and allow time for a quick settlement so the playoffs could be played, but it seems like the players are afraid of looking bad by being on strike on September 11. I imagine it depends on how optimistic the players are about either avoiding a strike or having only a short strike......

I'll go with August 24th.....

SmedIndy · 08-12-2002, 05:56 PM

Wipe that frown off the thread, Steve....

http://www.msnbc.com/news/792847.asp

LeGrandOrange · 08-12-2002, 05:56 PM

I'm going to be a pessimist and go before the timeframe, August 20th. This is my birthday. With my "luck" they'll strike then. I'd explain my choice further but I don't wanna talk about it.

padresfan19 · 08-12-2002, 07:16 PM

If the players do eventually set a strike date, I'm guessing it will be September 15. I have a feeling that there will not be a strike, but if there is one, I think it will be a short one, not like the strikes of '81 and '94. Remember the one-day strike in '85?

Fuzzy Bear · 08-12-2002, 07:23 PM

I'm guessing there will not be a strike.

If there is a strike and the World Series is cancelled, this will be catastrophic for baseball as we know it. Not only will fan confidence be down, but investor confidence will deflate the value of franchises.

If the morons on both sides let this happen, they are unreasonable beyond what even I imagine.

JamesI · 08-12-2002, 07:33 PM

While I hold out hope it won't happen, my date is August 26th. It will happen then just to piss me off since that day my next semester of college begins.

08-12-2002, 07:41 PM

The AP story today sounds pretty positive. They talk about a deal possibly being done before the end of the week. This time around, the rhetoric is not as heated as it was in 1994 - I am beginning to think that this time it will actually be resolved without any work stoppage.

spitball · 08-12-2002, 07:49 PM

I never really thought there was gonna be a strike and I'm sticking to it.
There will be no strike. There will be no strike.
Let's all say it together........

padresfan19 · 08-12-2002, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by spitball
There will be no strike. There will be no strike.
Let's all say it together........

There will be no strike.

Skip · 08-12-2002, 07:54 PM

Selig row the boat ashore, Hallelujah.
Donald row the boat ashore, Hallelu-uu-jah.

BS deep and the divide wide, Hallelujah
Just STFU and get us through to the other side you *****, Hallelujah.

Nuff said.

moose · 08-12-2002, 08:49 PM

let's pray for it!

[naked gun]"I'm sorry I yelled at you the other day." [/ng]

08-12-2002, 03:46 PM	#1
Max Power NetShrine Creator & Curator Join Date: May 2002 Location: NetShrine WHQ Posts: 5,548	Pick Your Strike Date NYT reports it will be in the last 10 days of August. Between 8/21 and 8/31 - what's your pick and why? __________________ Steve, Forum Administrator "They come and they go, Hobbs. They come and they go." That's why there's NetShrine.com

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KCBOOMER NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Home of the T-Bones Posts: 11,116	If you are like me and are convinced there is going to be a strike then 8/21 works. Just may as well get it over with. If you have the opposite viewpoint then 8/31 to give them extra time to work out the details. __________________ KCBOOMER *Buck O'Neil: The Monarch of Baseball*

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rcartman28 NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hudson, WI Posts: 1,408	Normally, I would guess August 31st, which would make the players only miss two paychecks and allow time for a quick settlement so the playoffs could be played, but it seems like the players are afraid of looking bad by being on strike on September 11. I imagine it depends on how optimistic the players are about either avoiding a strike or having only a short strike...... I'll go with August 24th..... __________________ I would have looked out for the water main. But that's just me..... Brett Favre

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padresfan19 NetShrine All-Star Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Diego Posts: 106	If the players do eventually set a strike date, I'm guessing it will be September 15. I have a feeling that there will not be a strike, but if there is one, I think it will be a short one, not like the strikes of '81 and '94. Remember the one-day strike in '85? __________________ "I'd rather be lucky than good."- Lefty Gomez

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VNV Nation Membership Suspended 11/19/02 Join Date: May 2002 Location: VNV Nation Posts: 2,952	Whatever the last payday is during that period.

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SmedIndy NetShrine's Historian Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Zionsville, IN Posts: 10,569	Wipe that frown off the thread, Steve.... http://www.msnbc.com/news/792847.asp

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LeGrandOrange Membership Suspended 4/11/04 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 3,783	I'm going to be a pessimist and go before the timeframe, August 20th. This is my birthday. With my "luck" they'll strike then. I'd explain my choice further but I don't wanna talk about it.

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Fuzzy Bear NetShrine's Evangelist Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Living by faith, and not by sight! Posts: 2,194	I'm guessing there will not be a strike. If there is a strike and the World Series is cancelled, this will be catastrophic for baseball as we know it. Not only will fan confidence be down, but investor confidence will deflate the value of franchises. If the morons on both sides let this happen, they are unreasonable beyond what even I imagine.

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JamesI Netshrine Vacuum Cleaner Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Potsdam, N.Y. Posts: 3,723	While I hold out hope it won't happen, my date is August 26th. It will happen then just to piss me off since that day my next semester of college begins.

08-12-2002, 07:41 PM	#11
taoleary Posts: n/a	The AP story today sounds pretty positive. They talk about a deal possibly being done before the end of the week. This time around, the rhetoric is not as heated as it was in 1994 - I am beginning to think that this time it will actually be resolved without any work stoppage.

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spitball Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Studio City, Ca. Posts: 1,751	I never really thought there was gonna be a strike and I'm sticking to it. There will be no strike. There will be no strike. Let's all say it together........

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Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Selig row the boat ashore, Hallelujah. Donald row the boat ashore, Hallelu-uu-jah. BS deep and the divide wide, Hallelujah Just STFU and get us through to the other side you *****, Hallelujah. Nuff said.

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moose Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Socs Posts: 3,400	let's pray for it! [naked gun]"I'm sorry I yelled at you the other day." [/ng]

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