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Baseball s RYAN WILSON Assistant Sports Editor Sports Trivia: Who had the first home run of the 1994 Baseball season? Answer Ray Lankford of the St. Louis Cardinals led off with a home run against Cincinatti Red Jose Rijo Opening Night. That home run was the first of many in a season in which events off the field would overshadow the impressive offensive numbers of many players on the field. As of noon on August 12th the Major League Baseball Players Association was on strike. To put it in simpler terms: no Triple Crowns for Thomas, no 61 plus dingers for Williams, no RBIs f?r>?L? D U_ll mA lur V/arwJi ...iiu rnui c uaacumi a*?. To understand the strike one must realize all the major problems being debated deal with money. The players want more, while the owners claim they are losing too much. Jerry Reinsdorf, the owner of the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Bulls, says he is losing money. I find this hard to believe. His team is in the third largest market and the White Sox are leading their division. How are they losing Money? Correct me if Fm wrong, but won't every owner lose money if their teams are not playing? The players want their minimum salary raised to $200,000. Considering the fact these people are playing a GAME and already make more money than most people will ever have, raising their minimum salaries seems a little ridiculous. Two word solution: Salary Cap. ? Vitamins Miner Foods Cos Comolete Line of I Hours: Mon. 9-6, Tu Sat. 9-5 1300 Augusta Rd. ( West Colun (803) 796-' Visa, Master Discover, & Americ A MIND I! THING AND SO IS F GET MICR( STANDARD Al LEFT OVER F( 11 I' Q 11' M At >9 812 Soutl Sumt 1-800-225 1-800-922-C * ? strike kills ..MSMm ^ -m - JHL The Capital City Bombers are league action may be the only One of the biggest strike issue is r enue sharing. The idea is every te gets a equal share of the total pro] gained by the league. 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Now y< find a date. 1991 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, IntelliSense, and PowerPoint are either ri Corporation in the United States and/or other counti of Apple Computer, Inc. ffensive year I point was ? jf and t gene] iesht tobai amor mak( seasc ' %? will Fllo Photo igue players are on strike. Minor ^ year. someone to lead them in the right direction, not to mention the many tech- B nical problems that need to be dealt 1J with. (Strike Zone anyone?) r\ Senator George Mitchell was ap- proached as a possible candidate for | Commissioner, but he said no thanks.. This is the same George Mitchell who turned down a SupremrCourt Ap- -EX) u (Pu, /(^nmAAAAl how we're PePsI "beefin" ^things up.y^==^| | v^w to learn, but :perience. 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Stud- h; ive shown baseball is losing ground se 9ketball and football in popularity he lg children. This strike will only 6] i things worse. Tiere does this leave the current bi in? For the moment it is on stand- gi er f the talks do not end before the week of September, the season is th (And yes, once again, the Braves "1 make the playoffs.) Even if the al ers return to finish the season, sc thing will be missing. It will be a th Vith purchase of a reg^ili at regular pn? I 1 W mm f I r*ivg')Ki asp Bisisaskssssri! i ? ? ? ? ? ? wgwvwvvvf ? aaai H I >?/ illll IVIYInl rpCe C<~ -/-GROCERY Private Party 8 Gri Th, Fr, Sat 8:00 PM- 2:00AM CALL J50-521_8_ as, Griffey >dy without the soul...meaningless. Oh sure, you can go down and see e Bombers play, or even catch the irmingham Barons on ESPN, but hat fun is that? Overall, the biggest loser in the rike is the fans. If s ironic the people ho contribute the money the players id owners are fighting over do not ive any control over the strike. The strike is taking the game away om the people who enjoy it most. I ive never been a big baseball fan, but lis year's assault on the record books is captivated me. I even caught myslf watching the Braves play in the >pes Fred McGriff could make a run at L. (He finished with 34.) All the Astro records Jeff Bagwell *oke will have an asterisk for "115 imes played." We will not see anoth season like this one for a long time. The Sporting News ran a Nike ad tat sums up the strike. It simply said, "o the owners and players: Let's not low one of the greatest offensive seains in the history of baseball end like lis. Don't Do It." ir12"pizza t Oil I a si! 'ikb may vary. Customer pays sales Our drivers ttrry less thahSJO 00. k?-4 m U tiajnc. :1FJ IUWKKEI 1ZV Featuring: The Grocery Account J Cash Card With this card you get health food, great prices, access to hundreds of products, and less fast .food restaurants ripping you WED./SUN. 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