Despite having a canceled World Series in 1994 because of a labor dispute, baseball currently has the most stable relationship between players and owners of any North American sport. The two sides have begun talks on a new collective bargaining agreement. "I can't forecast what's going to happen. But you see a huge difference," Commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday. "Both sides will be very intense and will have things that they want. But when you think about what went on for years ? it was unpleasant. And it never got better for 25 years. "Nobody ever could have dreamed that we'd have 16 years of labor peace."