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...Selig's annus horribilis began immediately following last year's World Series, when he announced plans to eliminate several teams even as the newly-crowned Diamondbacks were still unlacing their grass-stained shoes. Then, midway through the 2002 season, Selig made the disastrous decision to call the All-Star Game, which was tied in the 11th inning, because both teams had run out of pitchers. He was booed in Milwaukee, where he was once a hero (for recruiting the Brewers away from Seattle). Fans were outraged, call-in radio shows were in an uproar and a few days later Selig...
...Although Milbrett won't make the playoffs, she will be appearing in WUSA's All-Star game on September 21. Then, after a short vacation - "I am desperate for a break" - she and the rest of her U.S. teammates start preparing for their run at next year's World...
While the big leagues struggle to increase attendance and deal with steroid-use allegations, a looming strike and the botched All-Star game, the minors are enjoying the best season of their 101-year history. Minor-league attendance has risen 29% over the past nine years, far outpacing the majors' 3% growth. Last year the minors drew 38.8 million fans, the largest total since 1949. This season could be a record breaker as minor-league owners, seeing profits in a business that had stagnated for decades, have opened new stadiums and offered every conceivable promotion to attract fans. Indeed...
...spent much of the week working to catch up to the country, to show that he felt its pain and shared its outrage. But when White House aides talked about his anger, they made it sound as if he were more steamed about the decision to end baseball's All-Star game in the 11th inning. No matter how stern Bush looks when he declares that bad guys should go to jail, he has not erased charges that as an oilman in the '80s, he profited from the same kind of sweetheart deals he now decries. Public opinion is focused...
...spent much of the week working to catch up to the country, to show that he felt its pain and shared its outrage. But when White House aides talked about his anger, they made it sound as if he were more steamed about the decision to end baseball's All-Star game in the 11th inning. No matter how stern Bush looks when he declares that bad guys should go to jail, he has not erased charges that as an oilman in the '80s, he profited from the same kind of sweetheart deals he now decries. Public opinion is focused...