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hazenuts
09-02-2015, 07:39 PM
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Skipscards
09-02-2015, 07:42 PM
It's a shame that season never happened.
Big35Hurt
09-02-2015, 07:51 PM
A lot of players were having good seasons when the strike happened. When they canceled the WS, I was pretty ticked off. Baseball was never quite the same for me after that.
rngrdanny22
09-02-2015, 08:30 PM
A lot of players were having good seasons when the strike happened.

Definitely. Matt Williams was likely going to make a run at Roger Maris too.
rcgdodge
09-02-2015, 08:31 PM
Frank Thomas was killing it that year too.
majestik101
09-02-2015, 08:34 PM
Ah 1994. The final year I was a True Blue Dodgers fan....

Been an Anaheim Angels fan ever since.
markinca
09-02-2015, 08:35 PM
Frank Thomas was killing it that year too.

and don't forget Jeff Bagwell! Ridiculous .368/.451/.750 with 39hr and 116rbi in 110 games - won the mvp, but i wonder what he coulda done with a full season.
Big35Hurt
09-02-2015, 08:36 PM
MLB - 1994 baseball strike effect on Tony Gwynn and Matt Williams and Montreal Expos (http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/11313564/mlb-1994-baseball-strike-effect-tony-gwynn-matt-williams-montreal-expos)
jewcer2k5
09-02-2015, 08:50 PM
Definitely. Matt Williams was likely going to make a run at Roger Maris too.

Steroids were newish then.
whitesoxfan3579
09-02-2015, 09:04 PM
Ah the strike. I stopped collecting baseball cards as a result. It took me twenty years to get back into collecting again.
Big35Hurt
09-02-2015, 09:06 PM
Ah the strike. I stopped collecting baseball cards as a result. It took me twenty years to get back into collecting again.

My collecting definitely changed after that and hasn't really ever fully recovered.
bd3d86
09-02-2015, 09:09 PM
Ah the strike. I stopped collecting baseball cards as a result. It took me twenty years to get back into collecting again.

Same for me. It didn't take 20 years to start collecting again, but it was quite awhile.
mgugs46
09-02-2015, 09:10 PM
Steroids, steroids and more steroids
ToppsCollector1
09-02-2015, 09:44 PM
The expos I believe were making a good run that might have seen them do well in the postseason.
chippv
09-02-2015, 10:17 PM
If I am not mistakened wasn't wasn't the Yankees kill in it that year
Big35Hurt
09-02-2015, 10:30 PM
If I am not mistakened wasn't wasn't the Yankees kill in it that year

The Yankees were in the AL, but Expos had the best record in baseball by far. They ended with a 0.649 winning percentage. Yanks were 2nd at 0.620. Two other teams were just under 0.600 when the season was canceled.
seabass97166
09-02-2015, 10:34 PM
Tony Gwynn was an artist. Thanks for posting this.
hazenuts
09-02-2015, 11:17 PM
the last guy who i really thought can hit .400, Gwynn is a legend.
padremurph
09-03-2015, 01:13 AM
Doesn't get much better than Gwynn.