Obviously both sides reached the abyss, looked down and didn’t like the view thus averting the first strike/lockdown since 1994. That work stoppage had far reaching consequences. Angry fans stayed away when baseball reconvened the following year; the World Series was cancelled; players like Goose Gossage retired with no fanfare; Matt Williams lost his only chance to set a new record for home runs.
And Padres fans will never forget that Tony Gwynn was batting .394, and said repeatedly that he knew he could reach that elusive .400 mark set by Ted Williams in 1941.