41.   If the two sides do not reach an agreement, track workers could go on strike early Wednesday morning.

42.   If the two sides do not reach agreement Tuesday, however, Berard may make a deal with another team.

43.   If the two sides cannot reach an agreement, the Orioles then would be expected to withdraw Erickson and Baines from waivers.

44.   If the players, however, vote to decertify the union, any agreement the two sides reach will go down the drain with it.

45.   If the two sides have not reached an agreement after that, the union is free to strike, or Congress can intervene.

46.   If the two sides reach a balanced-budget agreement, the government would eventually borrow less money.

47.   If the two sides reach the deadline without an agreement, the interleague play scheduled for next season will be wiped out and a traditional schedule will be followed.

48.   In other words, it continues to be impossible to predict when, or if, the two sides will reach agreement on a new collective bargaining contract.

49.   In the end, the two sides reached a compromise that requires both the state and local governments to pay for any additional costs.

50.   Investment bankers were not even consulted until after the two sides had already reached an agreement.