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Written by James Fohl


If you remember back in the year 1994, and think about sports, what specific events cross your mind? If you are a baseball fan, then chances are you remember that even know there was a strike, and no World Series, there were still many interesting things going on in Major League Baseball that year.

Interesting, the home run race to beat Roger Maris' record did not start with Mark Macquire in 1998, but rather a San Francisco Giant by the name of Matt Williams during the 1994 Major League baseball season. Williams was literally on fire during the 1994 season, as he managed to compile forty three home runs before the season was cancelled due to the players strike on August 12th 1994.

Matt Williams was not the only home run hitter that year, as Ken Griffey Jr, amongst many others was hammering dozens of home runs, as he managed to attain forty home runs before the strike was officially started on August 12th, 1994. It took the Major League officials a month before they finally declared that the 1994 baseball season was over, and there would be no further games, including no World Series.

Besides Matt Williams attempt to break Roger Maris' home run record, several other things were occurring around both the Nation and American leagues of Major League Baseball. First off, the Montreal Expos were having an explosive season. Many baseball analysts believe that if the 1994 Major League baseball season had continued, the Montreal Expos would not only have been involved in the 1994 World Series, but they would have also won the 1994 World Series, something that the Montreal Expos were not able to accomplish during their thirty five years of existence (1969 - 2005).

The baseball strike of 1994 however stopped any of these awesome events from actually happening. Being a pretty big and avid baseball fan, I seem to occasionally find myself in conversations with other Major League Baseball buffs on what would have happened if the 1994 Major League baseball season had continued. Personally, I believe that Matt Williams would have broken Roger Maris' home run record, and the Montreal Expos would probably have went to the World Series, but they would have probably lost it too.

I would also have to agree with many other Major League baseball fans that since the baseball players were going to strike, they probably should have went on strike at the beginning of the season. I mean after all, if they had gone on strike during the beginning of the 1994 Major League baseball season, we would not have to worry about whether or not Matt Williams would have created a new single season home run record, or if the Montreal Expos were actually going to be the 1994 World Series champions.

Oh well, we will never really know what would have happened if the Major League baseball players had not gone on strike, but at least we know that it took baseball fans quite a few years to forgive the players for their actions, something that will hopefully prevent any future strikes to occur in Major League Baseball.