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The 1994 World Series was cancelled on September 14 of that year due to an ongoing strike by the Major League Baseball Players Association, which had begun on August 12. It was only the second time in the event's history (and the first time since 1904) that the Fall Classic was not played.
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Many baseball fans lamented that while two World Wars, a Great Depression, an earthquake (1989), and other crises and disasters could not cancel a World Series, financial issues could and did. Many analysts blame the strike and the cancellation of the Series for baseball's sharp drop in popularity in the ensuing years. Some also blamed it for the decline and eventual relocation of the Montréal Expos to Washington, D.C., in 2005 to become the Washington Nationals. The Expos, at 74-40, and the New York Yankees, at 70-43, held the best records in their respective leagues at season's end.

This was to have been the first year of a regularly scheduled three-tier playoff system, as the NL and AL were divided into three divisions (East, Central, and West) at the start of the 1994 season. (An unscheduled three-tier system was used in 1981 due to the season being shortened by a mid-season labor dispute.) The new playoff system (involving a wild card team in each league) did not go into effect until the 1995 World Series.



Television: ABC (Al Michaels, Jim Palmer, and Tim McCarver were presumed to announce)

Team Standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, GB = Games Behind, PCT= Winning Percentage

See also

*The Baseball Network
*1994 baseball strike

External links

*Revisionist Baseball - 1994 World Series Results
*September 15, 1994
*1994: The World Series the world forgot...
*The Top Resource for 1994 Expos
*What If 1994 Was Played Out?
*Baseball players strike against proposed salary cap
*Frequently Asked Questions About the 1994 Strike
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