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Description: | Should major league players push for a salary cap MT. LEBO Maybe you erased it from your memory, but try remembering back to the 1994 strike that wiped out the first World Series since 1904 and perhaps an Expos world championship run. It was perhaps the most damaging work stoppage in the sport history, and one of the primary points of contention was the owners demand for a salary cap, a position they did not move from until early in 1995. The owners claimed to save small market clubs it needed revenue sharing which it received in limited form and a salary cap, which it did not. Many fans wanted a salary cap for the sake of competitive balance, though small market clubs have become more competitive over the last decade due to a variety of factors. In 20 years since the strike, baseball has seen its revenues increase by 567 percent. Values of franchises have skyrocketed. Owners crying poor 20 years ago are now richer than ever before. The revenue explosion is the confluen |