European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 20, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 25 last of the lockout red sox fall heir to opening Day by the associated press Minina tickets for for Bostons april 9 game ? or rat Ai Fenway Park can see the first pitch fihe 1990 season. It was t supposed to be that Way the season was scheduled to Start april 2 with three James in the american league and three games in the optional league. But after announcing a contract agreement and an Al to the 32-Day Spring training lockout on sunday officials said opening Day would be pushed Back a the first pitch is scheduled to be thrown at 1 05 m est at Fenway weather permitting. Just a few minutes later the first no game will be at Shea stadium when the Pittsburgh pirates play the jew York mets at 1 35 . Opening Day this season at Wangley Field will be at night when the Philadelphia Phillies play the Chicago cubs at 8 05 . On april 9.each team will have 158 games scheduled Deputy commissioner Stephen Greenberg said. He said negotiations were continuing with the Union to work out a full 162-game schedule however. A fall efforts will be made to play a Complete schedule a players Union chief Donald Fehr said Early monday morning. If the season started As scheduled on april 2, the first game would have been Boston at Detroit 1 35 . In the traditional no opener Houston was scheduled for a 2 05 . Game against the Cincinnati reds at riverfront stadium. Instead the reds will have to wait until april 17 against san Diego for their Home opener. Cincinnati opens the season on april 9 in a night game at Houston. A if we done to have our opening Day a lot of people  care if we Ever open up. Its a Primo thing Here a reds owner Marge Schott said. Other opening Day games on april 9 have Baltimore at Kansas City 2 35 .Seattle at California 9 .Minnesota at Oakland 10 05 .and Montreal at St. Louis 8 35 . The lockout deprived fans in Arizona and Florida of the annual rite of Spring training and the official opening Day. �?o1 think its with mixed feelings that baseball begins in 1990,�?� Texas general manager Tom Grieve said. A opening Day is like a National Holiday a Phillies manager Nick Leyva said. A a it a like  Only this time its new years. The opening Day games scheduled for april 2 also had Kansas City at Baltimore Milwaukee at Chicago san Diego at los Angeles and Atlanta at san Francisco. Ingress impatient on expansion new York apr next on deck for commissioner Fay Vincent a expansion. Because of the on going talks Vincent had to cancel a scheduled appearance last month before the Senate task Force on baseball expansion. And the task Force is getting impatient. A a Vincent must satisfy the members of he expansion committee that there is some orderly plan for expansion a said rep. Jim Lunning Ray. A not just two teams in the National league but six new teams by the end of the  Bunning the Only Pitcher in major eague history to win 100 or More games in each league said last month the National league May have already decided where the next two expansion teams will go. A i think they be made a commitment and this is purely conjecture on my part to Denver and probably to  other cities making a pitch for a baseball team include Orlando and St. Petersburg fla., Buffalo n.y., Indianapolis Nashville tenn., and  expansion is of congressional interest because of the games exemption from anti Trust Laws. A the fact that baseball is exempt from anti Trust Laws and the billions of dollars that changes hands justifies congressional scrutiny of possible abuses of this monopoly Bunning said. Baseball from Page 21 Deal especially Sweet for new stars new York apr Mark Grace Dave Gallagher and Keith Miller Are among the Young major leagues most Likely to Benefit from baseball a new contract. The agreement allows the top 17 percent of players with Between two and three years of experience to file for salary arbitration. That service also must include 86 Days on the roster in the previous season. Grace who batted .314 for the Chicago cubs is 18 Days Short of two full years and Gallagher who hit .266 for the Chicago White sox is nine Days shy. They each will qualify by spending half of the 1990 season in the majors. Miller scheduled to be the new York Metsy Center fielder on opening Day is no. 1 on the list of players Between two and three years. He has one year plus 166 Days with 172 Days equating a full year. Baseball owners and the Union estimate that about 14 additional players will be eligible for arbitration under the new agreement. Terry Mulholland Jose Gonzalez Felix Fermin Drew Hall Shawn Hille Gas Ken Caminiti Rob Ducey and Norm Charlton also Are at the top of two to three years group. The agreement could help players such As Charlie Kerfeld Stan Jefferson and Brad Amsberg. They each have bounced Between the majors and minors and need just 86 Days on the roster this season to qualify for arbitration. Mark Grace the players pension fund. At 24 players this season. They will i expansion m and stay that Way at least through i Antu a so Means baseball will announce plans within i mrs be pan to two National league cities. A it is a 1 management negotiator Chuck of Connor i j 5 a m est As he announced the details. Dron Nairn chief Donald Fehr a it has been a Long i wounds ofthepast.ur�us the task new t0 heal  i8 pm a it take some time. Especially after a i too. W re players fans and some owners i Mare no of Hadl it done this a Cincinnati reds owner i on strip a. Maybe the players  have gone i the Mnigri mesh 9n�?Tt think they would have with All i  they re making. Of course now Well never players thread ast that there was a settlement and the i training. E9uipment headed immediately for Spring 1 Baltimore vivid sep Ayers Down there this afternoon a a amp 1 Wiley Saia a a we re ready to play  lout. The l l exhibition games Nave been wiped a economies to plea ice t,10ns have been harmful to local i Honda and Arizona. It was estimated a total wipe out of Spring training would Cost Florida about $300 million and Arizona $ 100 million. Because of the the abbreviated Spring training the Union said it would ask the scoring rules committee on monday to waive for april the requirement that starting pitchers must throw five innings in order to gain a Victory. Baseball fans from kids to president Bush had urged the two sides to get together and make a settlement and after the longest session of the talks they did. Negotiators met for 90 minutes Early sunday and after a lunch break resumed in the afternoon at Vincent spark Avenue office. When they finally stopped a Deal was done. The Deal began to take place at 6 25 . Sunday. A at that Point Steve Greenberg brought into the player relations committee meeting a proposal from the Union that was very very close a Chicago White sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf said. A the pc deliberated and then agreed to the plan at about 10 .�?� salary arbitration was the sticking Point All along with the Union wanting to Roll Back eligibility from three years to two. Both sides had indicated they  Budge but they eventually did. At the end sunday the Union proposed that 25 percent of players in the 2-to-3 group be eligible and the owners countered with 10 percent. Then it moved to players asking for 20 percent and the owners offering 12 percent and they finally settled at 17 percent. Both sides estimate about 14 additional players will be eligible for arbitration. Mark Grace of the Chicago cubs and Keith Miller of the new York mets Are each just a few Days Short of two years and Are among those who will Benefit next year by the agreement. The seventh work stoppage in baseball history began on feb. 15, when owners locked the Gates to training Camps the third lockout in baseball history. The Union staged mid season strikes in 1981 and 1985, and owners were fearful that players would walk off the Field late in the year jeopardizing the world series and As much As 80 percent of the National television Money. Owners began negotiations by proposing a Revenue sharing and pay for performance plans but the Union refused to consider those ideas prompting Vincent to take them Oil the table on feb. 13. As talks continued the players continued to press on arbitration. In the settlement to 1985�?Ts two Day strike the Union agreed to move Back the requirement for arbitration from two years to three years. Players claimed they did it because owners pleaded financial distress. Owners claimed it was a Trade off for pension Money and other things. Vincent who became commissioner last september following the death of a. Bartlett Giamatti sought to play a conciliatory role in the talks. At times he had to reconcile his owners More than he had to reconcile the two sides. Several owners on the pc wanted to take a hard line approach to the Union but others were More willing to negotiate. At times the owners proposal shifted radically from one negotiating session to the other. But both sides began to express optimism on Friday when the owners gave signals they would move on salary arbitration. Within two Days the Deal was done. A we truly Hope this is the first step to a reasonable and More mature relationship Between the clubs and Union a said Milwaukee Brewers owner Bud Selig chairman of the pc. A a we re All sorry for the inconvenience to the