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Back Stories: Baseball Goes On Strike

/ CBS New York

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- The sport may be on strike, but the sportscast must go on.

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Former WCBS sports reporter Bill Schweitzer remembers how the 1981 baseball strike got him in a sticky spot when he was called up to do the Morning Drive sportscast.

First published on May 16, 2017 / 12:01 AM EDT

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