So, Cola, we left off last episode talking about the strike and sort of how the MLB came to a halt, kind of at the same time that your labels were just in complete disarray and things were kind of breaking down for both you. What do you remember about the strike in 94?

Well, I don't remember a ton about the strike.

I know that, you know, it happened, but yeah, you'd have to break it down a little bit for me.

All right.

Well, you'll remember at this time that Ken is, like, becoming the man.

Like, he's starting to get to MVP level player.

In 92, he's the All-Star MVP.

He hits 308 with 27 homers, and his defense is getting ridiculous.

In the air, center field, long run Ken Griffey. Will he get there? He does. What a catch by Ken Griffey!

In 93, he hits 309 with 45 homers.

Oh, holy cow. And in 94, which was a shortened season because of the strike, Ken played 111 games, and he hit 323, hit 40 homers, which is on pace for about 55 if the season would have played out.

Ken's career at age 25 was booming.

But then everything stopped.

Here's the commissioner at the time, Bud Seleag, at the press conference when the strike was announced.

And he's like visibly shaken.

He starts with this long, exasperated deep breath.

It's the only thing I have to say at the outset today is,

like a lot of things in life, you anticipate something and

fear that it's coming, hope that it isn't.

And when the day is here, there's an incredible amount of sadness.

So the reason all this happens in 1994 is because of labor disputes between the players' union

and the owners. They just couldn't agree on how to restructure the salary cap, which lets

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