tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278533327344154144.post4785854433117547118..comments2023-09-11T07:44:46.685-04:00Comments on Al Leiter's Bullpen Catcher: The Baseball Strike of 1994Al Leiter's Bullpen Catcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11689195573801645992noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278533327344154144.post-39196061718763420542009-06-22T21:45:59.098-04:002009-06-22T21:45:59.098-04:00A cousin of mine from Montreal couldn't stop c...A cousin of mine from Montreal couldn't stop claiming that the strike was some kind of benign conspiracy to stop the Expos from winning the whole shebang that year! My cousin BTW was/is a Mets fan who grew up in Quebec. IT would have been fun to see Montreal win it all. The Montrealers still claim it was a plot to eliminate baseball from Montreal...Bullshit! THe effing Expos didn't even have a radio contract in the end,did it?<br /><br />The Jays could have Threepeat, but the strike happened. All the bandwagon jumpers broke their ankles jumping off and then rooting for the Leafs again!The team was never as good as 92-93 either.<br />For the Yanks, things were a changing in the Bronx. People knew that they were getting better and then in 95 they got to prove it and failed in epic fashion. Donnie Baseball finally saw the promised land (the playoffs) and did very well not surprisingly. Love or hate the Yanks, Donnie was a great player BUT Tino was a great successor.......I've heard that Tino played bad cop in the Yankee locker room in the Dynasty period to Jeter's good cop.Bruno Von Rottweilernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278533327344154144.post-78310373992935407302009-06-22T20:31:07.303-04:002009-06-22T20:31:07.303-04:00I remember the 94 season. I was at the last game ...I remember the 94 season. I was at the last game before the strike. A Thursday night Phillies vs Mets game at Philly. The Phillies won 2-1 in 15 innings.<br /><br />The strike of 94 really hurt baseball in Canada. Montreal never recovered. Toronto used to draw crowds of over 4 million in a season but that changed with the strike.<br /><br />Also, Tony Gwynn was hitting .394. We never got to see if he could have hit .400 or not. That year, he was hitting .423 after the all star break and .475 for August. He had a legit chance at .400. He had only struck out 19 times that season...then again he never struck out more than 40 times in a season his whole career.<br /><br />It was a tough year for the Yankees. It seemed like the Yankees had everything going for them and then the strike hits. They had a long carry effect in 1995 and it took an absolute miracle finish that year just to make the Wild card.Kylenoreply@blogger.com