Baseball Strike - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/baseball_strike/?source=rss&aim=baseball_strike en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT Don't watch, don't listen By Keith Olbermann Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/09/05/broadcast/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/09/05/broadcast/index.html?source=rss 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. Optimism in baseball talks By Keith Olbermann Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/08/29/strike_update/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/08/29/strike_update/index.html?source=rss In five Wednesday meetings, the last ending Thursday morning, owners and players inched closer to an agreement. Stay tuned. A diary of baseball's coming crunch time By Keith Olbermann Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/08/27/strike_guide/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/08/27/strike_guide/index.html?source=rss 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. Don Fehr's drug-testing gamble By Allen Barra Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/barra/2002/08/09/drug_testing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/barra/2002/08/09/drug_testing/index.html?source=rss 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. Jim Bowden must go By Keith Olbermann Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/08/02/bowden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/08/02/bowden/index.html?source=rss Comparing Players' Association head Donald Fehr to the Sept. 11 hijackers degrades the memory of the victims, and baseball too. Two more teams vote against baseball strike deadline By Keith Olbermann Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/07/31/strike/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/07/31/strike/index.html?source=rss Now the number of teams whose players have reservations about a strike is up to three. Is there a palace coup in the making? A strike against the baseball strike? By Keith Olbermann Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/07/29/strike/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/07/29/strike/index.html?source=rss The players of one small-market team have voted against authorizing a strike deadline. How to remember Sept. 11 -- and how not to By Keith Olbermann Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/07/25/strike/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/olbermann/2002/07/25/strike/index.html?source=rss Salon's new columnist looks at what the upcoming baseball strike and "Sex and the City" tell us about the looming one-year anniversary. Taking baseball owners at their word By King Kaufman Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2002/07/23/baseball_owners/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2002/07/23/baseball_owners/index.html?source=rss If competitive balance is the main issue in the contract talks, why does their main proposal address payroll imbalance? Bud Selig's buddies By Allen Barra Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/barra/2002/07/18/baseball_strike/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/barra/2002/07/18/baseball_strike/index.html?source=rss Even good writers are doing bad stories on the issues behind the looming baseball strike. Why is the media peddling the owners' line? A baseball strike in August? By King Kaufman Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2002/05/16/strike/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2002/05/16/strike/index.html?source=rss The workers demand buccaneer capitalism! The owners insist on socialism! As a strike looms, baseball negotiations offer a bizarro-world version of reality.