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Baseball's "Labour Trouble": Overdraft at the Memory Bank? by Jeff Kallman A rather splendid New York Yankee pitcher, Ed Lopat, grew up to become a rather splendid Minnesota Twins scout. It would have been rather more splendid if only his employer at the time hadn't been the bottom-feeding Kansas City Athletics. Scouting a wiry Cuban outfielder, Lopat was singularly unimpressed. "This kid," he reported to the Athletics, "will never hit in the big leagues."Until that kid's knees betrayed him about a decade later, a Rookie of the Year award, three American League batting championships, one American League pennant, and a...

Is Bush getting out front, calling for tax cuts or regulation rollbacks? If he's doing so, I haven't heard. I know that many freepers are big Bush defenders, so maybe you can help me out: What is W, or O'Neill, or Lindsey, or anybody else on the Bush team, doing to stop us from sinking into quicksand?

Thousands of Americans die on September 11, 2001. President Bush responds with a military offensive that is presently stalled. Al Quieda remains and continues to grow. Five Americans die in a suicide bomber attack in Israel. President Bush responds with an offensive of words expressing “anger” and that Arafat must be removed, and yet the little rag-head remains. Is President Bush nothing more than a re-warmed version of Jimmy Carter? I hope not, but I really don’t see much of a difference.

Train de-railment...nothing to see...move along

Bud Selig's buddiesEven good writers are doing bad stories on the issues behind the looming baseball strike. Why is the media peddling the owners' line? - - - - - - - - - - - -By Allen BarraJuly 18, 2002  | I've been covering sports business -- which by definition means mostly baseball business -- for 22 years now. There have been times when I've been amused, surprised, peeved and angered by the coverage of labor problems in the sports press, but 2002 is the first time I've ever felt disgusted. A collective insanity seems to have spread into nearly...

Selig: 'This will never happen again' 07/10/2002 Associated Press MILWAUKEE - Baseball commissioner Bud Selig vowed Wednesday to make changes to the All-Star game to avoid ties, but he offered few details on how to do it. Selig said he had a sleepless night after calling off Tuesday's game with the scored tied 7-7 after the 11th inning. Fans, who paid up to $175 for a ticket, were outraged. "This will never happen again, I can tell you," Selig said. Selig believed he had no choice but to declare a tie when managers Bob Brenly and Joe Torre told...

Making sense of this baseball mess Baseball fans will soon be horrified. Talks of strikes, lockouts, and yet another suspension of the World Series will soon find its way into the front pages. The owners will argue the usual: competitive imbalance is killing baseball, we are all losing money, revenue sharing is gods gift to the world, and we need a salary cap. The first is about half true, while the rest are distorted lies. While the players are right on this they are making a mistake by not educating the public on the facts of this issue. Lets start...