Filed at 8:08 p.m. ET ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) -- The executive board of the baseball players' union failed to set a strike date Monday but will ask major leaguers for the authority to call the sport's ninth work stoppage since 1972. Members of the union's executive board, meeting on the day before the All-Star game, left a hotel near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport saying they will go back to their teammates. Philadelphia outfielder Doug Glanville said that because of the uncertain position, it was wise to ``prepare for the worst.'' After the expiration of the previous labor deal Nov. 7,...
