Baseball Strike: No World Series

Throughout the history of Major League Baseball, there has been a surprising amount of strikes.  There have been a total of eight work stoppages in baseball history, four of which came in a 22 year period.  One of the most notable baseball strikes came in the 1994-1995 season.

On this day, September 14th, in 1994, the baseball strike ended the Major League Baseball season.  The season ending cancellation meant that for the first time in 90 years, there would be no playoff baseball or World Series.  In total, the 1994 strike lead to the cancellation of more than 930 games.  The strike, which began on August 12, 1994, lasted 232 days and ended on April 2, 1995.

The 1994 strike was a long battle between MLB owners and players, but the real victims were the fans.  Die hard baseball fans were outraged by the season cancellation and absence of the World Series.  The fans aftermath of the 1994 strike, which was so heartbreaking and disappointing to fans, led to a great loss in the MLB fan base.