Word: player
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...last-minute deal averts a major league player strike...
Shortly before 5 a.m. Friday, a bleary-eyed Marvin Miller, executive director of the Players Association, and Ray Grebey, the owners' negotiator, shook hands on what Miller called a "miracle" agreement that averted a walkout by the players. Left unresolved was the pivotal question of how a club should be compensated when one of its players turns free agent and is hired away by another team. But it appeared that the owners left the bargaining table with a narrow victory on this point, while losing gracefully on pensions and salaries. Admitted Phil Garner, second baseman and player representative...
...current compensation procedure, under which a team losing a free agent is awarded an extra pick in the annual draft of amateur players, will remain in effect this year. The issue will be renegotiated next January, after a review by a committee of player and management representatives. If no agreement results, the owners can impose their own compensation formula. The players reserved the right to strike in response...
...John's built a run in the seventh and tied it with two outs in the ninth on consecutive singles by Sebby Borriello, Bob Kovalsky and Doug Latrenta, the tournament's most valuable player...
...arrives, grave, studious and one heck of a soccer player. Bob feels stirrings of pride; the situation severely strains Sheila's extraordinary generosity. Jean-Claude is the sort of irritant around which pearls are formed. Still, when the Beckwith girls get wind of the truth, Sheila insists that the boy must go. There is the inevitable life-threatening situation and a conclusion with the distinctive aftertaste of artificial sweeteners...