(4)Players' strike this weekend averted

OSAKA, Japan - Atsuya Furuta (L), Yakult Swallowers catcher and head of the Japan pro baseball players association, a labor union, looks grim as Ryuzo Setoyama, Chiba Lotte Marines general manager and representative of management, speaks at a joint press conference after two days of negotiations in Osaka on Sept. 10. They failed to make a clear-cut deal but agreed to avert a strike at least for this weekend.

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