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THE FIGHT CONTINUES
Dates: August 1985
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After a two-day strike, Players and owners agree to a new CBA that includes increased minimum salaries and improvements to free agent compensation provisions. The owners pursue a salary cap, but are quickly rebuffed. The 1985 strike marks baseball’s fifth work stoppage since 1972.
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