Baseball can be covered from any seat in the stadium.
Baseball strikes are different.
Access is often limited to a small handful of news outlets, which are heavily courted by both sides. The news that most of the public has mad or heard about the 1994-1995 labor dispute has been shaped primarily by The Associated Press, USA Today, The Washington Post, ESPN, and, to the chagrin of the owners, by Murray Chass of The New York Times. Chass is considered by many to be the most informed writer on baseball's labor front. At one point during negotiations, John L. Harrington, chief executive officer of the Boston Red Sox and the owners' lead negotiator, was asked by reporters about developments in the talks. Let's ask Murray.