September 1, 2002 Skilled Ballplayers and Fans Who Are BratsBy IRA BERKOW MONG the homemade signs exhibited by fans at some of the ballparks recently in which the major-league players threatened to strike, the one in PNC Park in Pittsburgh, where the Pirates play, was particularly eye-catching: "Play 4 the Love of the Game." This is part of the fairy tale that some fans like to believe — that players ought to play simply for the love of the game. The fact is, they are professionals, and from the time professional baseball began, in 1869, with the Red Stockings...