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From: martin@aecom.UUCP (Martin Klaman)
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Subject: Fans Before/After Strike
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Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 12:39:44 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  7 12:39:44 1985
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>Subject: Is Tonight the Last Night of the Season
 ...
>And who gets hurt here.  The principals involved (owners and players)
>should have a short-term tarnish.  I will have a short-term agony and a
>long-term tarnish.  Woe to care about statistics!  Its not fair because
>I will still be a baseball fan; they won't lose like me, with nothing
>to strike back with, no recourse at all.
 ...
>Sure we can try to boycott or something, act casual when baseball returns,
>pretend we don't care, but it won't matter.  They've got me hook, line and
>sinker, and probably a bunch of you too.
 ...
>  Daniel Schneider

During/After the last baseball strike there was talk about fans 'striking back'
by boycotting games.  Although a number of individuals actually stayed away
from the ballpark, the vast majority of fans came back to see their teams
play.  As a matter of fact,  baseball game attendence has gone up tremendously
over the last ten years, of which the last four are after the previous strike.
[the exact percentage is rise in attendance was mentioned recently on a sportsd
report, but i forgot what it is; anybody out there know what it is?]
I know I'll be going back to the ballpark and watching the games on TV,
whenever this strike is over , just like last time, for I too will still
be a baseball fan.


			- Martin Klamen