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Hey, good catch on the mea culpa...
The comment about 1979, 1999 and now is pretty obvious.
(And for the record: 1999 was not a strike. They were legally barred from striking...they signed their right to strike away in the CBA...so they "quit" instead. Why did they do this suicidal move? In my opinion, they did this because their lawyer had an ego the size of Texas. Why did he have a large ego? Because he had been kicking MLB around for two decades. Everyone remembers the 1999 disaster and many think the AMLU is following this same path. Few, however, remember that MLB umps went from making $10 to $30k in 1979 to where they are now ($100k to $350k) because of all those successful strikes).
I believe that this strike is much more similar to 1979 than 1999. (ramble, ramble, ramble)
Your first sentence states that 1999 wasn't a strike. Then the first sentence of the next paragraph argues that the current situation is more similar to 1979 then 1999. Duh! Those are your words and you felt compelled to relive the embrassment. Thank you for making my job easy. I would have made a fortune litigating against you.
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