Players, management reach accord, avert another strike

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan's professional baseball players and management averted a strike this weekend after agreeing Sept. 23 that a new team will join professional baseball next season in their latest two-day talks. Atsuya Furuta (R), head of the players' association, exchanged documents on the accord with a representative of the Nippon Professional Baseball organization at a hotel in Nagoya. (Kyodo)

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