European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Roy a is dump Mcrae Kansas City to. A Hal Mcrae was fired As manager of the Kansas City royals on thursday one Day after the baseball season was cancelled his son said. A i talked to my dad about 30 minutes ago Quot said Brian Mcrae the royals Cen Terri elder. A i think its something he sort of expected. A the said they told him they were going with a lot of Young players next year. We re going to have a totally different team next  Mcrae a ,291 lifetime hitter and one of the most popular players in team history succeeded John Wathan in May 1991. He leaves with a 286-277 record. The royals floundered at the .500 Mark for the first half of this season but a 14-game winning Streak just before the strike Drew them to within four games of Chicago in the american league Central. Since taking Over from Wathan. Mcrae has had two Public outbursts that embarrassed the image conscious royals a question from a radio reporter last year threw him into a rage during which he trashed his office and threw objects. He was booed earlier this year in Kauffman stadium after he made a pitching change and in his Post game news conference said royals fans were a a dumb for not understanding the move. Mcrae was at his Home wednesday in Bradenton Fla. A phone Call to his Home thursday was not answered. The stars and stripes ports september 16,1994 r Page 36with 94 gone to next season Las vegas Odds maker Mcl exber closes his books wednesday see Story on Page 33.thursday update 49ers land Sanders Santa Clara Calif. Apr Deion Sanders formally signed a one year $1.1 million contract with the san Francisco 49ers. He could make an additional $750,000 in incentives. Sec earlier Story on Page 35 by Ben Walker a baseball writer new York by the time Bud Selig stepped to the microphone and began talking about it being a sad Day everyone knew what was coming. Baseball was done for 1994. The exciting Pennant races the expanded playoffs even the world series finished. Yet when Selig announced the cancellation of the season wednesday not even he could answer the big question what a next maybe Spring training starting next year with replacement players. Maybe an entirely new league made up of major leagues. Maybe no baseball at All a baseball As i knew it growing up is gone a Philadelphia Pitcher Curt Schilling said. Selig the acting commissioner called off what was remaining of an extraordinary season on Day 34 of the players strike. A a a. A a a. A when people think Back to what the final image of the 1994 season will be it May be Bud Selig at a press conference protesting pain and gnashing his Teeth but nevertheless going ahead and dashing the Hopes and dreams of Many people a Union head Donald Fehr charged. Twenty six of the 28 teams voted to baseball strike cancel. Baltimore owner Peter Angelos agreed with idea but wanted to reword the Resolution Cincinnati owner Marge Schott said minor leagues should be used to continue the season Selig said. A this is a sad Day a Selig said in a statement sent by fax. A nobody wanted this to happen but the continuing player strike leaves us no Choice but to take this  president Clinton meanwhile said maybe it was time for government to take some action and consider taking away baseball a antitrust exemption. In the meantime the game May soon Quot Start taking a new shape. Owners can declare an impasse in bargaining and impose a salary Cap which was the sticking Point in these recent talks Between Fehr and owners negotiator Richard Ravitch then teams might see who shows up to play. A Kansas City a going to have professional baseball next year if i have anything to do with it a Royal ceo David Glass said. A i know or. General manager Herk see next on Page 33belfour reports Chicago a goalie de Belfour ended his holdout and reported to the Chicago Blackhawk one Day before the teams exhibition  waive Mustaf Phoenix a the Phoenix suns waived Forward Jerrod Mustaf apparently Clearing the Way for them to sign unrestricted free agent Wayman Tisdale by Ronald Blum new York a each Side believed the other would fold this time the owners did no to. A week ago some officials on both sides believed they finally were moving toward an agreement. About 40 hours later owners rejected the unions proposal and talks fell apart. A if the plan would have dealt with some meaningful restraint then we would have been Able to negotiate a Colorado owner Jerry Mcmorris recalled this week. A but a Flat tax does no to do anything to give you payroll  players says Mcmorris knew the Type of Deal the Union was considering. A the players association is not interested in discussing Anysee pages 32-33 for More on baseball s Black Day proposal that had a pronounced or profound Impact on. The salary Structure that exists in baseball a said Eugene Orza the unions no. 2 official. In Between those two statements agents saw Hope for a Middle ground a tax that would restrain salaries slightly but not hold them Down significantly. Agents say the Union sent Clear signals. Owners say they saw none. And slowly but steadily the sides slipped into what is developing into a War of attrition a this is world War i it really is agent Randy Hendricks said tuesday night. The sides repeatedly misread signals sent by each other. Each believed that overt peace signals would be misinterpreted As weakness and they responded to each others positions with dogmatic speeches that Only served to anger each other even More. Both sides prepared for Battle with such methodical intensity that they weren to afraid of a fight that already has damaged both sides. The owners decision in june to shift to a 75 percent requirement for approval of a deaf during a strike meant that the Only possible agreement was one with a difficult Broad based consensus. After the months of rhetoric the primary overture of these negotiations began aug. 31. Union head Donald Fehr and his brother Steve a Union advisor meet secretly with Mcmorris. But when the Union made its proposal a week ago yesterday a Revenue and payroll taxes of about us percent that would apply to the 16 highest clubs in each category a Mcmorris and Harrington were disappointed. Selig rejected the proposal the following Day. Gators huskers to Pas tests seep see a a amp sly