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In a five-hour executive board meeting yesterday, the Major League Baseball Players Association decided not to set a definite strike date in their ongoing contract negotiations with the owners association, instead giving Executive Director Donald Fehr the power to set a date if talks remain deadlocked. Mr. Fehr has indicated that setting a strike date will likely be held off at least until after the end of the month, and that if an agreement can be reached on the amount of revenue sharing between teams, the method of revenue sharing and other major issues will likely be resolved without a strike. While many are hopeful that yesterday’s decision indicates the real possibility of a settlement without a strike, the fact that a strike date was also not set at the Players Association Convention in 1994---the year the World Series was cancelled because of a strike---has not escaped those familiar with the game.