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Baseball Strike

Don't watch, don't listen: Whether it's the "Opie & Anthony" sex-in-church caper or a baseball-strike reporting blooper on national TV, when mistakes are made in broadcasting, nobody gets blamed.; By Keith Olbermann Sep 5, 2002
Optimism in baseball talks: In five Wednesday meetings, the last ending Thursday morning, owners and players inched closer to an agreement. Stay tuned.; By Keith Olbermann Aug 29, 2002
A diary of baseball's coming crunch time: Posturing owners! Angry bankers! Scary lawyers! Rats who gnaw the eyes out first! A day by day guide to the last weeks of the labor war.; By Keith Olbermann Aug 27, 2002
Don Fehr's drug-testing gamble: The Players Association head agreed to random drug testing because he knows it's a phony issue for the owners. Plus: George Allen, and more baseball memories.; By Allen Barra Aug 9, 2002
Jim Bowden must go: Comparing Players' Association head Donald Fehr to the Sept. 11 hijackers degrades the memory of the victims, and baseball too.; By Keith Olbermann Aug 2, 2002
Two more teams vote against baseball strike deadline: Now the number of teams whose players have reservations about a strike is up to three. Is there a palace coup in the making?; By Keith Olbermann Jul 31, 2002
A strike against the baseball strike?: The players of one small-market team have voted against authorizing a strike deadline.; By Keith Olbermann Jul 29, 2002
How to remember Sept. 11 -- and how not to: Salon's new columnist looks at what the upcoming baseball strike and "Sex and the City" tell us about the looming one-year anniversary.; By Keith Olbermann Jul 25, 2002
Taking baseball owners at their word: If competitive balance is the main issue in the contract talks, why does their main proposal address payroll imbalance?; By King Kaufman Jul 23, 2002
Bud Selig's buddies: Even good writers are doing bad stories on the issues behind the looming baseball strike. Why is the media peddling the owners' line?; By Allen Barra Jul 18, 2002
A baseball strike in August?: The workers demand buccaneer capitalism! The owners insist on socialism! As a strike looms, baseball negotiations offer a bizarro-world version of reality.; By King Kaufman May 16, 2002

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Baseball Strike

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