On August 12, 1994: Major League baseball players went on strike. The collective bargaining agreement had expired, and the owners and players were miles apart on the issue of a salary cap, revenue sharing (why Bud Selig didn’t just show the players an NFL logo) and the owners withholding $7.8 million pension payment to the players . The strike would last 209 days and over 900 games would be washed out. Worst of all, the World Series went uncontested for the first time since 1904. It was the fourth work stoppage in 23 years, and it wiped out a possible record-setting season by Ken Griffey Jr. (41 home runs), a triple crown-type year for Jeff Bagwell (.368/39/116) and a possible .400 season for Tony Gwynn . The biggest losers might have been the Montreal Expos, who had a comfortable division lead over the Atlanta Braves and were considered a World Series contender. They haven’t had a winning season since, and moved to Washington in 2005.
