No strike date set yet...
[quote]August 12, 2002, 5:10 PM EDT
CHICAGO -- Baseball players backed off setting a strike date on Monday, and delayed making a decision until Friday.
Players said they saw enough progress so that they hoped an agreement could be completed by Friday.
Atlanta's Tom Glavine, a member of the union's executive board, said players are prepared to give the negotiating process "every chance to succeed."
"We feel like there's a window of opportunity to get something done in the next several days and we're willing to explore that," he said following a 3-hour meeting of the board.
Union head Donald Fehr said: "You establish a date when you believe it is essential to reach an agreement, bearing in mind that a strike is the last thing the players want. And we are not at that point yet."