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The MLBPA is universally known as the strongest union in America because they never budge or settle. They go all out to win the deal and will settle for nothing less. Now when the MLB players went on strike on August 1994 they were dead set against any type of salary cap and would have never negotiated on the owners demands.

But let us suppose Judge Sonya Sotamajor had not intervened and MLB had gone ahead with replacement players, also known as Scabs. Suppose the 94-95 strike was a replay of the 87 NFL strike where players initially presented a united front but a few bad apples decided to jump the picket line eventually. For the players by the summer of 95, after almost a year on strike a few would eventually feel the financial pinch to cave.

Let's say the MLBPA unilaterally agreed to all owner concessions and agree to a hard cap with all MLB players returning to their original teams right after the ASB.l, with players who would have been free agents in 1994 having their contracts extended one season. How would a hard cap have affected the big market - small market divide that saw dominance of the Yankees and 7 consecutive big market teams win the WS? Would we have a more competitive playing field like say NHL is right now? And which teams dominate in the 90's with a hard cap in place or will champions be more of a crap year going year by year? For my money I believe the Montreal Expos would not have broken up and could have easily won 2 - 3 WS in the decade.
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