Talk:1994 World Series

Labor Unions
I would vote to remove the Impact of Labor Unions section in the article. It is laughable to say that a strike by baseball players would cause major change in congress. There were many more important issues than a silly strike by 230 or so players.208.107.168.154 04:50, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

How many millions do they really need? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.67.35.97 (talk) 20:34, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Yankees section
There are a number of inaccuracies and overly broad claims here. Most specifically, the strike didn't "end" Mattingly's career or lead to his "demise,' nor did it end his hopes for a World Series: he returned for the '95 season and the Yankees made the playoffs, losing to Seattle 3-2 in the Divisional Series. Ditto the claim that it led to Buck Showalter's "demise" as manager: Buck also returned for the '95 season and he was fired afterwards for blowing a 2-0 lead against Seattle in the ALDS and making questionable pitching moves (i.e., sticking with Cone for 130+ pitches and not using Rivera enough).  Neither the 1994 season nor the players' strike had anything to do with Mattingly's retirement or Buck getting canned after the '95 ALDS.-PassionoftheDamon (talk) 16:43, 29 June 2009 (UTC)


 * You saw what happened in 1981. The Yankees had a division lead, but they did poorly after the strike. Gene Michael, who was then their manager, got fired as a result of the strike. The strike in 1994 had similar circumstances. In many ways, the 1994 strike did lead to a downhill for the Yankees. They had a division lead, but the strike took it away. Joe Torre was brought in to save the Yankees from disaster after the strike. In many ways, the 1995 season was a year of fallouts from the strike. This is what led to Joe Torre and Derek Jeter becoming key Yankees. SNIyer12, (talk), 20:16, 11, July 2009 (UTC)
 * FINNALY, you've decided to discuss your edits. Excuse my response, but my nerves are a tad frayed (at the moment). GoodDay (talk) 20:18, 11 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Jeter & Torre became 'key Yankees' because they were good at their jobs. What you're adding is pure speculation (on your part). GoodDay (talk) 20:22, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

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Please fix discrepancy with different Wikipedia article
I have found: "The 1994 World Series was supposed to have the AL champion open at home for the second year in a row because the playoffs were expanded, including the new wild-card round." However, the "Major League Baseball postseason" article, in discussing home-field advantage, says that 1994 was to have continued the pattern of AL champion starting the series at home in odd-numbered years (and the NL champion doing so in even-numbered years). Please fix the contradiction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 21:11, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Fake WS Info Deleted
Deleted fake World Series info saying the Chicago White Sox beat the Dodgers for the 1994 Series. Joeylawn (talk) 20:36, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

Individual awards section
The season's individual awards are covered in 1994 Major League Baseball season, which is more relevant than this article. I propose deleting the section on individual awards. What does everyone think? isaacl (talk) 02:55, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree. I updated that section earlier today; it previously covered just manager-of-the-year selections, but was unsourced and had errors (e.g. said the awards were given by AP, rather than BBWAA). I expanded the section while I was at it, but in looking at things again now, I don't see a problem with deleting it. I would suggest relocating some of the wording into the 1994 Major League Baseball season article, as the Awards section there might benefit from some context. Dmoore5556 (talk) 03:07, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Playoff bracket
I feel including a hypothetical playoff bracket in this article is unnecessary, as it gives undue weight to speculation of who might have faced each other. However I have started a conversation at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball/Archive 48 on whether or not a prose description should be included on a page such as 1994 Major League Baseball season, to help illustrate the playoff format that was to have been introduced. Participation in the discussion is welcome. isaacl (talk) 20:46, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * In agreement, concerning this page. There was no playoffs or World Series in 1994. Best we not speculate on the what ifs, particularly when we don't know who would've met who in late Sept/early Oct. GoodDay (talk) 21:11, 2 November 2022 (UTC)