European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports players ready of play following strikes end by Anne Crowley a sports writer Happy major league baseball players said they were ready to get Back to the ballparks after hearing that bar gainers had reached an agreement wednesday to end their Union player representatives polled their teams throughout the and most were All for the in ecstatic about its a big said Scott player representative for the Baltimore they have to come to an Mcgregor told Abc radio sports in an its a matter of getting it Down on paper and getting it i was concerned that if it got beyond 24 to 48 the talks might break California Angels spokesman John Sev Ano was also baseball is the settlement came after commissioner Peter Ueberroth joined Union chief Don Fehr and owners representative Lee Mac Phail at the bargaining i was told that we have an Oral agreement and to Contact All the said Dan player rep for the Kansas City we wont have a game but it looks like Well be in uniform tomorrow teams scheduled doubleheaders for thursday night to make up for some of the 25 games wiped out tuesday and wednes news of the agreement caught red sox first baseman Bill Buckner and his wife Jody on a plane in All set to take baseball fan backs away from suit Kansas a a baseball fan who filed a million suit against major league owners and players because of the baseball strike said wednesday he probably wont pursue the suit now that the strike is Michael of Prairie Vil filed the suit wednesday morning in District a settlement Between owners and play ers was announced later Eddins charged that the strike constituted a breach of contract with fans who had purchased tickets to baseball he sought Mil lion in actual damages and Mil lion in punitive damages from the owners and the suit filed by who pub Lishes a restaurant Magazine in sub Urban Kansas was on behalf of the major league baseball fans As the organization has about 100 off for after overhearing a flight attendant say the strike was Over Buckner sprinted off the leaving his wife and bags to make the i have in my and in standing in the Middle of my he i didst want to go on i didst like the lets play three to three other Boston players Al nip Dave Stapleton and Glenn along with practice Pitcher Ace Adams also got off a commercial Jet after hearing the i think All along we Felt that if there was to be a it  be for a Long California Angels first baseman Daryl Sconiers in Happy that its been taken care of and business can go on As reds player rep Joe Price said he had to Call All of his players out line the terms and get a yes or no Ive got to compliment both sides for getting it done this reds second baseman Ron Oester i was sur prised they called me so Early and got it its i was just laying around the i was very Burt the Texas rangers player said the settlement looks Good to i dont think our team will have any problem with it at Hooton said the Union was Happy being Able to keep the owners from putting in the Cap on salary arbitration the salary Cap just want going to reds Relief Pitcher Bob a said he  have afforded to hold out Long and was thinking about mov ing in with inlays in the minimum salary for rookies this year is a i was getting kind of Buchanan i was almost thinking about heading Back to Cedar in just glad to be getting Back into a uni in tickled to California an gels manager Gene Mauch the Only thing on my mind right now is How to rearrange our pitching starting with who were going to use tomorrow night in Pittsburgh pirates manager Chuck who made the trip to Philadelphia with Only his coaching staff and equip said he was waiting and hoping his worries would work themselves we have players in puerto the dominican Republic and All Tan Ner Well get them Here to some of the reds said the break wont affect them any More than the mid season Allstar break sometimes you get a Day off during the or you dont play two Days in a outfielder Nick Esasky its a Little maybe it troubled some peo ple mentally because they didst know what was going but two Days int going to Hurt Well just go at pm we aint on strike no More said Ron Davis of the Minnesota Ive been on the phone All morning telling the Guys to jump on a plane and get Back out a photo Scott Mcgregor its a big Relief the twins were in when the strike was called tuesday of several twins arc from califor Nia and stayed Home while waiting for word from one Guy just called and asked if he should take first class or Davis he wanted to know if the team was paying for i told him As far As 1 it Pennant fever returns with end of strike no More Blue Days for Blue jays fans Toronto up Toronto Blue jays with visions of their first world series title again in exchanged bitterness for Joy wednesday after word that the major league baseball strike was tentatively the fans Are raring to go theres no stopping us said Paul a for Mer politician who was a prime Force in bringing the major league team to baseball fans with Pennant fever awoke wednesday to headlines bemoaning the fact the Blue jays could have their Best season Cut with a 6739 record nine games ahead of the new York Yankees and de troit tigers there was talk in Toronto of a first world series Toronto is a City where people drink Beer put of Blue jays mugs and Little boys Wear ing baseball Caps and sneakers dream of becoming a Pitcher like Dave the strike had been the talk virtually everywhere in Union res subway cars and even but angry talk one Man suggested sending the players to Siberia for an Hon est Days work turned to new Hope that the Blue jays would stay on the describing himself As one truly excited fan after learning of the tentative a former chairman of the metropolitan municipal government and now a newspaper said he had been suffering because his dream of a world series title appeared to evaporate with the for the last 36 hours Ive been walking around in great already suffering withdrawal said whose Toronto Sun ran a two Inch Blue headline Reading a Blue Day on tues the potential loss of the season had sparked bitterness among fans who watched As the team battled from its first game in to become a prime there was obvious Relief after the announcement of the tentative agreement in new the Pennant and then the world said Tony a 25yearold courier and Loyal Blue jays in Over baseball has become a major event in where the Blue jays have drawn an average spectators a game so far this season for their Jestever and the Canadian television network has been averaging viewers per Blue jays game in which Means about one in every 27 canadians tunes viewers such As Joan Rice said they had renewed Hope that the Blue jays would bring Toronto its first whats not to wish she the Blue jays Are the Only team i Godfrey said that he could still begin his speeches to visitors with Welcome to to first in first in Commerce and first in the american compromises on arbitration helped Settle strike new York a Here is How one Union source described the compromises that helped reach a tentative settlement in the major league baseball strike pension plan owners offered an increase in their million per year contribution to the players pension fund to million per players wanted on third of National television which would have amounted to million per later reduced to settlement million year contribution from the owners to the players pen Sion with part of the difference be tween the million and million redirected to financially troubled salary arbitration owners no arbitration for players with fewer than three years of major league and an arbitrator would not be Al Lowed to award a player More than double his previous players wanted arbitration process to remain the same a player would be eligible after two years and no limit on settlement no Cap on salary arbitration an increase in eligibility for arbitration from two years major league service to but the increase would not take effect during the first two years of the much of this agreement was forged Dur ing 11 hours of negotiations the strike deadline Union members had negotiators for the players and owners met for 11 their busiest Day of the 8 on when it stopped at noon commissioner Peter Ueberroth said in for Mally announcing a strike ending there was integrity on both sides and that Why we have an agreement