The N.Y. Times--Selig should remove All Star pitchers from teams before game--clubs "in no position to question him"

I see from Murray Chass' column today that you & I don't exist--except as people to be robbed.

Murray Chass shows the futility of caring about your team, because Selig owns your team, & HE'LL REMOVE ANY ALL STAR PITCHER FROM YOUR LINE-UP TO PLAY FOR HIS GAME. He met with his big political allies today, the crumbling BBWAA, where this subject was raised. Chass says clubs will "scream" but whatever Bud wants he gets. Obviously from you, Chass--he's got you totally snowed. Get this, Chass---they're not Selig's players--they're the fans' players. The fans pay all the salaries, & your cavalier, superior attitude shows why the BBWAA should be removed from baseball awards (the NYTimes already is). WHO IS GOING TO REIMBURSE THE TEAMS & FANS FOR THE LOSS OF THEIR MOST CRUCIAL PLAYER? CHASS, ARE YOU OFFERING TO PAY FOR THE REMOVAL OF THESE PLAYERS? From his column:

"Considering the importance Commissioner Bud Selig has placed on the All-Star Game, giving home-field advantage in the World Series to the champion of the league that wins the game, he was asked yesterday if it was time to institute a rule barring All-Star pitchers from pitching for their teams right before the game.

"It'’s something we ought to think about," Selig said. "“I believe that."” A moment later he added, "“Yes, we ought to seriously think about that and do it this winter."”

Selig will undoubtedly hear screams of protest from managers and general managers who believe the needs of the clubs should come before baseball'’s midseason exhibition spectacle. But Selig gets what Selig wants, and club officials will be in no position to question him if he issues such a directive.

Major League Baseball is flying high, and Selig is the pilot. Meeting with members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America yesterday, he rhapsodized about baseball'’s increasing popularity and noted that the game'’s revenue had risen from $1.2 billion in 1992 to what he said would be $5.2 billion this year."

• MURRAY, YOU DIDN'T ASK ABOUT MLB'S $5.2 billion revenue? Does this mean they're going to pay back the $100 million they took from the Yankee fan's pocket this year? It doesn't sound like that bothers you.

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