Baseball strike looms

Fans are united in their opposition to the proposed players' strike over pay, scheduled for 30 August

This would put the end of season climax under threat, causing desperate fans to plea for an agreement

Stadiums were empty at the weekend as opposition to the possibility of a strike grew

As the average major league star makes more than $2m per year, fans are unsympathetic to their demands

US president George Bush - here throwing the ceremonial first pitch in the World Series - has spoken out against the strike

But players' union chief Donald Fehr brands the owners' actions "a wholesale attack on the salary structure"