THIRTY YEARS AND COUNTING, AN UGLY ANNIVERSARY

They disbanded over trivial issues.
Play ball was silenced.
The day before the deadline, at Wrigley Field,
screamed like a revolutionary banshee at the deadline.
a small depression lasted over me.

A record-setting year and a special season wiped out.
Tony Gwynn was threatening a .400 batting average.
The improbable Montreal Expos were in first place.
Even the Go-Go White Sox had their pennant frill.

The players were stubborn and subversively resilient,
They never had it so good.
Went cold turkey without baseball being played.
I can only imagine the records that could have been broken.
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1994, could have been a vintage year, similar to a fine wine.
A hallow anniversary and well remembered.
The Supreme Court opened up the flood gates to play ball that following April.
In retrospect, another lockout could occur with out-of-this-world contractual agreements.