They were expected to accept, rather than risk a second lost season.
The biggest of the 16 decliners: the Houston Astros, who fell below 20, 000 fans a game during this lost season (down 5, 600), and the Minnesota Twins, down 4, 700 to 34, 300 a game, a club struggling on the field while the novelty of its new park wears off in year three.
But both sides lost the season because the owners refused to acknowledge that players had legitimate concerns.
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This is the first time Chicago has lost a season series to Indiana since 2003-04.
If Blount-like punishment was imposed and the most recent boxer-ballers lost the season many would consider it appropriate.
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Toronto lost its season-high third in a row, all to the Yankees.
The logic goes that due to the train wreck of a season that the Cowboys are in the midst of, Jones will back off the lockout talk as he needs precious revenues from ticket sales that will be lost next season due to the Cowboys poor showing.
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Recent signee Tyson Chandler, so seemingly lost in the season's first month, appears revived.
Seven months later, Brady got hurt in the opener and was lost for the season.
Air show announcer Rob Reider, of Cincinnati, lost half his season, which is his primary source of income.
Appointed as Dover boss in 2007, Hessenthaler led them to back-to-back promotions but they lost in this season's play-offs.
The team lost money last season despite selling out all of their games at Ford Field for the first time since 2007.
Rhyl lost to Suduva of Lithuania last season, while Carmarthen lost heavily to Finland's Tampere United in the first round of the Intertoto Cup.
He switched from cornerback to safety as he lost speed last season but was still good enough to be a major contributor the Packers over the last few years.
The move by the Yankees appears to be a brilliant one as a stopgap measure to replace left fielder Brett Gardner, lost for the season due to elbow surgery.
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The Green Bay Packers lost a perfect season with a 19-14 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs and the Indianapolis Colts blew a shot at a winless season with 27-13 victory over Tennessee.
The Orange started the season 18-1 but lost seven games in regular-season conference play, and are now trying to reprise Connecticut's 2011 run to the national title.
He kept them up last season but lost several high-profile players such as Peter Crouch and Glen Johnson over the summer, and this season the club's ownership has been in doubt.
But they were relegated after one season and then lost the 2008 Championship play-off semi-final to eventual winners Hull last season after leading the table at one stage.
Pettitte never had a losing season in his 16 year career and lost double-digit games in a season five times.
Washington is yet to record a winning season since leaving Montreal and lost the division by 21.5 games last season.
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As many fans remember, the entire National Hockey League season was lost in 2004-2005.
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Kingston, who lost his card last season, hit four birdies in his final seven holes.
In Colorado, Weiss takes charge of a team that lost 98 games last season.
The last time Duke lost a regular-season game by a bigger margin was in January 1984.
He has struggled for fitness and form this season and lost in the first round of this week's Madrid Masters.
Three times they missed top spot by just one point and last season they lost out to Manchester City on goal differential.
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Nadal has lost just twice all season, won six titles and reached the final of all eight events he's played impressive stats, to be sure.
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