In the summer of 1994, as the pennant races started heating up, labour discord in Major League Baseball was already approaching a boiling point. The league's collective bargaining agreement had expired months prior, and a new one wasn’t close to being ratified. Baseball’s owners were determined to implement a salary cap. Baseball’s players were adamant that they would not accept one. An unstoppable force was careening towards an immovable object. And, eventually, the players said “enough," initiating what proved to be the longest, most consequential strike in the history of North American professional sports. #mlb #strike #history