Author: Nikco Riesgo

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Nikco Riesgo

Russ Cohen

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Baseball Strike of 1994 to be focus of new book
by former Major League Baseball Outfielder

In 1994, Major League Baseball's players authorized a strike, ending the season in August. More historically, the strike resulted in the cancellation of all post-season play, including the World Series. The strike created a huge public debate and for those who remember, it seemed a time when everyone who was connected to the game - as a fan, player, coach, front office staff, owner, vendor or media - had an opinion.

What happened to some of these people is the subject of a manuscript by Nikco Riesgo, who played in both Major League Baseball with the Montreal Expos, and Minor League Baseball, and Russ Cohen, a sports writer, fan and creater of the sports website at Sportsology.com. Hawkins + Company will represent Nikco and Russ, as the literary agent.
Montreal Expos and the 1994 Baseball Strike

Montreal Expos and the 1994 Baseball Strike

That one summer's events had a lasting impact on many and Nikco was one of those people. He made the choice to step up as a replacement player and cross the picket line to take the field. How - and why - he made that choice will be presented in this book with details that he's never discussed in a public forum.

Born Damon Nikco Riesgo in Long Beach, California in 1967, Nikco entertained visions of his future as a major league baseball player from the first time he stepped onto the diamond. He imagined himself being the greatest baseball player of all time, hitting home runs and winning World Series championships.

He attended Long Beach Poly High School in California, noted for the many graduates who became luminaries in entertainment and athletics. It was in 1987, while at San Diego State University on a full scholarship, that Nikco's visions of his own major league career began to take shape and become reality. He batted over .400 and led the Aztecs in nearly every offensive category. He was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 8th Round of the 1988 amateur draft and began his 8-year professional baseball career.

In all, Nikco played for eight major league baseball organizations: the San Diego Padres, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox. He was called up to the Majors with the Expos in 1991, where he played for short time before returning to the Phillies minor league team in Reading.

If Major League Baseball faced this strike in 1994, can such similar labor unrest happen again? The business of baseball is always evolving and the authors will bring to the reader the thoughts of players and fans, and others, to comment on this question.