It has been a long time since anyone in a major league uniform talked seriously about going on strike, and there’s a reason for that.
The damage done to the sport during the 1994-95 work stoppage was so great that it forced the players and owners to pursue a full generation of labor peace, but that era of good feelings apparently is nearing an end.
Players are grumbling about the multiyear free-agent slowdown that has left many capable veterans sitting at home well into spring training. The word “strike” has re-entered the baseball vernacular at a time when Major League Baseball already has enough problems keeping its customers satisfied.