Season Is Salvaged, but Baseball Still Has Rich Facing the Poor. /
David Leonhardt and others.
- New York Times, 2002.
- SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Article 59. Institutions, 1522-3256; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Originally Published: Season Is Salvaged, but Baseball Still Has Rich Facing the Poor, Sept. 1, 2002; pp. 1+.
"After haggling for months over complex economic formulas and cold cash, owners and players reached an agreement Friday [Aug. 21, 2002] that both sides said would give the sport a new lease on the public's imagination....Whether negotiators' haggling has solved baseball's problems, however, is far from clear." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article discusses how the Major League Baseball strike was averted and examines the lingering problems with the game that remain unsolved.