Twenty years ago this coming Tuesday, baseball stadiums across the country went dark. Labor contract negotiations between the Major League players union and the owners reached an impasse, and on August 12, 1994, baseball stopped.
The 232 days of darkness were costly. They cost baseball fans the entire 1994 post-season. They cost the Montreal Expos their best ever shot at a title. They cost Matt Williams a chance to break Roger Maris' single season HR record (his 43 HRs were on pace for 60). They cost Tony Gwynn a chance to be the first player since Ted Williams to hit .400 (his season stopped .394). And they cost the Yankees' Don Mattingly his only chance at a post-season appearance (the Yanks were leading their division by 6.5...
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