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Fans strike to save baseball

The Seattle Times: Mariners: Fans hope Web gems can save baseball

They're mad as hell, and they're taking their anger to the Internet.

As baseball owners and players continue to teeter on the brink of Armageddon, the third side of this trinity ó the trod-upon, overlooked, beleaguered fans (as they increasingly view themselves) ó are trying desperately to make their voices heard.

And unlike past labor showdowns, when frustrated fans had no real forum to express their frustration, this first potential work stoppage of the 21st century offers the full power of the Web to organize all the roiling discontent.