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(5)Players' strike this weekend averted

NAGOYA, Japan - Two baseball fans read a notice of a decision taken by players to avert a weekend walkout at Nagoya Dome on Sept. 10. Baseball officials and players averted a strike at least for this weekend following two days of negotiations in Osaka after compromise proposals were made in a last-ditch effort to narrow their differences over a planned merger of two ballclubs.

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Baseball management, players hold crucial talks

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's professional baseball management (L) and representatives of the players association hold talks Sept. 9 over the planned merger between the Orix BlueWave and the Kintetsu Buffaloes. The talks ended inconclusively and will resume Sept. 10. The owners of the 12 ballclubs have approved the merger, while the players association has threatened to walk on all games scheduled on Saturdays and Sundays in September unless the merger is shelved for one year.

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(2)Owners keep 2 leagues, OK Orix-Kintetsu merger

OSAKA, Japan - Kintetsu Buffaloes players association president Koichi Isobe answers reporters' questions Sept. 8 at Osaka Dome after the owners of Japan's 12 professional ballclubs approved the merger between the Orix BlueWave and Buffaloes and decided to keep the two-league system at an extraordinary meeting.

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(3)Owners keep 2 leagues, OK Orix-Kintetsu merger

TOKYO, Japan - Kintetsu Buffaloes owner Wa Tashiro, Yomiuri Giants owner Takuo Takihana, Japanese pro baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro, Orix BluWave owner Yoshihiko Miyauchi (from left to right) attend a press conference in a Tokyo hotel Sept. 8 after the owners of Japan's 12 professional ballclubs approved the Orix-Kintestu merger and decided to keep the two-league system.

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(2)Owners keep 2 leagues, OK Orix-Kintetsu merger

OSAKA, Japan - Kintetsu Buffaloes players association president Koichi Isobe answers reporters' questions Sept. 8 at Osaka Dome after the owners of Japan's 12 professional ballclubs approved the merger between the Orix BlueWave and Buffaloes and decided to keep the two-league system at an extraordinary meeting. (Kyodo)

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(3)Owners keep 2 leagues, OK Orix-Kintetsu merger

TOKYO, Japan - Kintetsu Buffaloes owner Wa Tashiro, Yomiuri Giants owner Takuo Takihana, Japanese pro baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro, Orix BluWave owner Yoshihiko Miyauchi (from left to right) attend a press conference in a Tokyo hotel Sept. 8 after the owners of Japan's 12 professional ballclubs approved the Orix-Kintestu merger and decided to keep the two-league system. (Kyodo)

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Baseball management, players hold crucial talks

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's professional baseball management (L) and representatives of the players association hold talks Sept. 9 over the planned merger between the Orix BlueWave and the Kintetsu Buffaloes. The talks ended inconclusively and will resume Sept. 10. The owners of the 12 ballclubs have approved the merger, while the players association has threatened to walk on all games scheduled on Saturdays and Sundays in September unless the merger is shelved for one year. (Kyodo)

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(5)Players' strike this weekend averted

NAGOYA, Japan - Two baseball fans read a notice of a decision taken by players to avert a weekend walkout at Nagoya Dome on Sept. 10. Baseball officials and players averted a strike at least for this weekend following two days of negotiations in Osaka after compromise proposals were made in a last-ditch effort to narrow their differences over a planned merger of two ballclubs. (Kyodo)