An Itemized Reduction in Coverage

The Huntsville Item has decided, after a poll of readers, not to run any coverage of major league baseball until Friday’s strike deadline.

In its Sunday editions, the newspaper reported: “Item readers have spoken. Asked to strike or not to strike, 82 percent of you said, ‘Let’s strike.’ So, The Huntsville Item is going on a pro baseball strike.”

The 7,000-circulation newspaper’s self-imposed strike would be lifted if an agreement between owners and players is reached before Friday.