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...left-hander Tony Saunders with its first pick, while Arizona picked Cleveland lefty Brian Anderson. The draft was further indication of the triumph of America's changing demographics over baseball tradition, as baseball created two new haves in the Sun Belt at the expense of have-nots such as Pittsburgh and Kansas City, old baseball teams in declining cities that can ill-afford to replace the talent on which they've spent so much development money...
...After that? Likely a free-agent fire sale, followed by the departure of manager Jim Leyland, who spent too many years in Pittsburgh to ever play bargain-basement baseball again...
...great thing about ballot initiatives is they offer the citizenry no scapegoat other than itself. When the elephants have to leave the Cincinnati zoo ? famous for its endangered species ? angry residents might remember they just nixed a $52 million levy for a new elephant house. When sports fans in Pittsburgh bemoan the lack of facilities for the Steelers and the Pirates, it may spark the memory of their own votes against new stadiums for the teams...
...playing for taxpayer goodwill as they try to pass a bond issue for a new stadium ? at least accomplished the latter. Although their hard-fought 13-10 loss to the Chiefs dropped the team to second place in the AFC Central standings, the team played well enough to send Pittsburgh residents to bed full of charitable feelings towards the franchise. Whether this will be enough to pass a measure that trails by as much as 3-1 in some polls will be decided today...
...Steelers lose to the Chiefs, but win the heart of Pittsburgh. More...