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INTO THE WILD Looking back at other MLB truncated seasons as the Atlanta Braves prepare for their 2020 sprint By Matt Grili For over half the calendar year, one knows they can watch their by the novel coronavirus, its worthwhile to revisit American League East, the Tigers and Red Sox were in favorite baseball team play on any given night. This continuous cycle other campaigns that have had significant alterations. a tight battle throughout the season. Boston entered of competition is one of the countless reasons it’s the greatest game the final weekend, a three-game series at Detroit, On March 31, 1972, the major-league players in the world. with a 0.5-game lead. The Tigers won two of the three announced they were going on strike for the first games to clinch the division. Even though both teams Albeit rare, there have been seasons that have functioned differently. time in history. The disagreement over pension funds finished with 70 losses, Detroit had one more win. There were the wartime years. Like World War I, when seasons were caused the season to be delayed 13 days. When play The Tigers would go on to lose in the ALCS, but the truncated; or World War II, when baseball carried on, even with began on April 15, each team played their existing Red Sox, who had not won a World Series in 54 years, many major-league stars temporarily leaving the sport to serve on schedule from that point forward, resulting in teams were denied one of two A.L. playoff spots by virtue of the battlefield. There were the terrorist attacks in 2001, causing the playing an unequal amount of games. This was not an playing one fewer game. season to be delayed a week. As baseball attempts to return this issue in three of the four divisions – the final margins summer, trying to play its small part in healing a country devastated anywhere from 5.5 to 11.0 games. However, in the Nine years later, baseball encountered another players’ 6 ATLANTA BRAVES GAMEDAY ATLANTA BRAVES GAMEDAY 7 strike. With the free agent system only a few years declared “first half” champions and received a spot one of the halves. The N.L. was a different story. on strike, beginning the longest work stoppage in the old, club owners wanted to make some modifications. in the postseason. Whomever had the best record Cincinnati and St. Louis had the top overall marks in history of North American professional sports. The If their team lost a player in free agency, they wanted in their division from when play resumed on August the East and West divisions. The Reds, in fact, had season’s abrupt conclusion meant, for the first time to receive from the signing team a compensatory 10 through the rest of the season were the “second baseball’s best overall record. But because neither since 1904, there was no World Series. draft pick and a player off their roster. Players began half” winners and also earned a playoff berth. The team won either of the halves, both teams were left With no resolution, the 1995 season was set to begin the strike in the middle of the season, after play on pre-strike division champs and the post-strike division out of the postseason. with replacement players. But on the eve of Opening June 11. An agreement was not reached until July 31. champs faced off in the Division Series. The winners The most notable disruption, though, if not because Day, an agreement was reached – nearly seven In unchartered waters, commissioner Bowie Kuhn did advanced to the LCS, and then on to the World Series. of recency, impacted two seasons. Conflicts between months later. An abbreviated three-week Spring something that had never been done. The issue many had with season’s playoff format the owners and players over the collective bargaining Training preceded a truncated 144-game schedule. The Hall-of-Famer decided to break the season into were the disregards to the teams with the best agreement lasted throughout the 1994 season. Four Braves fans are well aware what happened next. halves. Teams leading each of the four divisions – overall record in their division. This did not matter months into the campaign, on August 12, players went Twenty-five years later, will history repeat itself? two in each league – prior to the suspension were in the A.L., as both the Brewers and Athletics won 8 ATLANTA BRAVES GAMEDAY ATLANTA BRAVES GAMEDAY 9 ATLANTA BRAVES COACHES THE BRAVES DELIVER THE PITCH. WE DELIVER THE FANS. 59 57 JOSÉ CASTRO SAL FASANO ASSISTANT HITTING COACH CATCHING COACH 43 39 34 BRIAN SNITKER RICK KRANITZ MARTY REED MANAGER PITCHING COACH BULLPEN COACH 28 37 4 KEVIN SEITZER RON WASHINGTON WALT WEISS HITTING COACH THIRD BASE COACH BENCH COACH ATLANTA BRAVES ROSTER 13 18 1 17 48 RONALD ACUÑA JR. MATT ADAMS OZZIE ALBIES JOHAN CAMARGO JHOULYS CHACÍN OUTFIELDER INFIELDER INFIELDER INFIELDER PITCHER Proud partner of the Atlanta Braves and their fans. Proud partner of the Atlanta Braves and their fans. ATLANTA BRAVES GAMEDAY 11 TAMPA BAY RAYS ATLANTA BRAVES MANAGER Kevin Cash (16) MANAGER Brian Snitker (43) COACHES Matt Quatraro (33), Chad Mottola (51), Kyle Snyder (23), Ozzie Timmons (30), COACHES Sal Fasano (57), Rick Kranitz (39), Marty Reed (34), Kevin Seitzer (28), Rodney Linares (27), Stan Boroski (41), Jonathan Erlichman (97) Ron Washington (37) Walt Weiss (4), José Castro (59) PITCHERS NO. B/T HT WT DOB PITCHERS NO. B/T HT WT DOB José Alvarado 46 L/L 6' 2" 245 05/21/1995 Jhoulys Chacín 48 R/R 6' 3" 215 01/07/1988 Nick Anderson 70 R/R 6' 4" 205 07/05/1990 Grant Dayton 75 L/L 6' 2" 210 11/25/1987 Jalen Beeks 68 L/L 5' 11" 215 07/10/1993 Max Fried 54 L/L 6' 4" 190 01/18/1994 Yonny Chirinos 72 R/R 6' 2" 225 12/26/1993 Shane Greene 19 R/R 6' 4" 200 11/17/1988 Oliver Drake 47 R/R 6' 4" 220 01/13/1987 Luke Jackson 77 R/R 6' 2" 210 08/24/1991 Pete Fairbanks 29 R/R 6' 6" 225 12/16/1993 Chris Martin 55 R/R 6' 8" 225 06/02/1986 Tyler Glasnow 20 L/R 6' 8" 225 08/23/1993 Tyler Matzek 96 L/L 6' 3" 230 10/19/1990 Andrew Kittredge 36 R/R 6' 1" 230 03/17/1990 Mark Melancon 36 R/R 6' 1" 215 03/28/1985 Aaron Loup 15 L/L 5' 11" 210 12/19/1987 A.J. Minter 33 L/L 6' 0" 215 09/02/1993 Charlie Morton 50 R/R 6' 5" 215 11/12/1983 Sean Newcomb 15 L/L 6' 5" 255 06/12/1993 Trevor Richards 34 R/R 6' 2" 195 05/15/1993 Darren O'Day 56 R/R 6' 4" 220 10/22/1982 Chaz Roe 52 R/R 6' 5" 190 10/09/1986 Mike Soroka 40 R/R 6' 5" 225 08/04/1997 Blake Snell 4 L/L 6' 4" 225 12/04/1992 Josh Tomlin 50 R/R 6' 1" 190 10/19/1984 Ryan Thompson 81 R/R 6' 5" 210 06/26/1992 Touki Toussaint 62 R/R 6' 3" 215 06/20/1996 Ryan Yarbrough 48 R/L 6' 5" 205 12/31/1991 Kyle Wright 30 R/R 6' 4" 215 10/02/1995 CATCHERS NO.