European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 25, 1960 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary collusion now just o coincidence dont Tell me Jou believe that there s Collu Sion. 100.silly boy. It s All happenstance All a grail big coincidence. They be never discussed it among them selves. Thai would be illegal. The 26 baseball owners May their tribe increase awoke one Day two years ago from a deep dream of peace and each at thai moment decided hat he and she would no longer compete in the tree agent Markut. All of them. All Alonce. All totally and inexplicably serendipitous. Frank what Are you doing Here in Northfield Minn just passin through Jesse will Broas Long As we re Here what say we Knock off thai Bank Over yonder for nine years Ever since they won their Freedom from the All binding Reserve clause and Sig cd we thine owners the collective bargaining agreement in 1976, the players those with More than six years experience and whose contracts had expired would place themselves in Whai was virtually an open and free Market. Here Are my stats and serv ices who is the highest bidder thus there was multimillion Dollar bidding for such As Dave win Field and Reggie Jackson and Catfish Hunter and Rennic St incl and Many More who would change teams in those nine years there were 431 free agents and 217 switched teams or 50.1 percent. Many others were indeed bid for but opted to remain with their teams but in the last two years there have been 22j free agents available and Only six have switched teams and then Only when their previous cams did not offer them salary arbitration in effect saying they weren t interested in their services. So standout players such As Carlion Fisk and Kirk Gibson and most recently Jack Morris have discovered that no one other than the team they d been playing for can find room on the roster for them. Curiously every owner simultaneously is tightening his or her Belt or bodice. Or. Gram or. Lee do you normally drop by Appomattox for lunch when Jack Morris possibly the Best Pitcher in Ira Berkow baseball tested the free agent marketplace recently he found it had been closed Down. He did gel into the door of two of the four teams the twins and Yankees that he said he d want to play for the Phillies and inc Angels confessed that they had no need of h is scr ices. But both the twins and the Yankees decided in the end. That his asking Price was too  Steinbrenner once inc Champion free agent competitor proclaimed that lie must now seek fiscal  docs this imply that the Yankees were a financial nut Case before was he and his baseball committee bananas when they were the Best team Money could buy and won four pc Nanis and two world series in six years from 1976101981?in deciding not to Deal with Morris Steinbrenner said that his first consideration was coming to terms with Ron Guidry and Willie Randolph longtime Yankees and now free agents. Why has t he done this before he s had two months to engage in this matter. He and his baseball committee were certainly aware hit Jack morn was terminating his contract with inc tigers. Or were they asleep and dreaming the dream of base Ball owners the return to fiscal sanity dream or. Mcfarlane what a pleasant Surprise. Just sightseeing  inside so your arms Don t get sunburned. Arms  the Yankees lost the world series to the dodgers in 1981, George Steinbrenner apology cd tothe City of new York Grace Lessly and unnecessarily suggesting that they should have done better and he would see to it that they , the Yankees Haven t won another Pennant since but it scum that George in fact is not trying As hard As he once did. The addition of moms to the Yankees starting rotation would make the Yankees big favourites to win the american league Pennant in1987. The Money thai Morris is seeking could come out of the j2.2 million Steinbrenner is saving by no longer having to pay three other pitchers. Brill Burns John Monte two and Al Holland. The owners expect the fans to expect that the play ers arc giving every thing icy have on the Field. Then Why should t the owners expect the fans to expect that the owners Are giving everything they have of the Field of but certainly they Are. What is thai thing Over there a football stadium or. Fermi. And those things stands. Underneath the stands nothing. Has anyone Ever tried to test a nuclear Chain re action there wow what an idea Clever you physicists. Responding to the suggestion that the owners were conspiring at his urging to effectively eliminate free Agency. Commissioner Peter Ueberroth said if you can Tell me thai there is any individual on Earth who could control or manipulate a George Steinbrenner and a Ted Turner and a Marge Schotl and a Ewing Kauffman you be got to show that person to me because he certainly is not standing  the major league baseball players association has filed a grievance that is being heard now although a decision May not be forthcoming for several months and charging a conspiracy of own ers and that among others Slein Brenner Turner Schotl and Kauffman Are guilty of trying to impersonate puppets. Ueberroth has been asked to testify and so far has declined. Fancy running into you like this on the Nile.  Cleo just happened to be paddling around the neighbourhood and got a whiff of your perfumed , come aboard my Barge you Sweet thing. Any special reason silly boy. Silly silly boy. The a few vat to Lett sabres tip flyers 2-1 As Sator wins debut by he associated press Buffalo. . Doug Smith scored both of Buffalo s goals tuesday night to give Ted Sator a 2-1 Victory Over the Philadelphia flyers in his debug As the sabres coach. Smith who had joined Buffalo on nov. 24. Scored his second and third nil Roundup goals of the season As Sator who re placed Craig Ramsay on monday Cal the team on which he served As an assist ant coach for two seasons and ousted from the playoffs last season when coaching the new York rangers. Rookie Scoll Mellanby scored his sixth goal of the season for the flyers who had won four straight games. In other nil games whalers a Bruins 0 Hartford Conn. Doug Jarvis played his nil record lying 94lh consecutive game and goalie Mike Lizul registered his third shutout of the season As Hartford look sole Possession of first place in the Adams division with a Vic tory Over Boston. Dave Babych and Dave Sippell each scored a goal and Jarvis who tied Garry Unger s record had an assist As Hartford won its third straight game. The whalers unbeaten in i hair last five games pulled ahead of the idl Montreal canadians by two Points for first place in the division. Red wins 3, Bucko Vilts 1 Detroit Adam Oales and Darren Vilch scored Power play goals As Detroit snapped an eight game Home ice win less Streak with a win Over Chicago. The red wings had posted an 0-3-5 Home ice Mark in Hinr list four games. Islanders 4, penguins 3 Uniondale . Mike Bossy scored his 22th goal of the season 3 25inlo overtime to give new York a Victor 1 Over Pittsburgh. Bossy was standing in front of inc crease and deflected Sieve Conroyd s shot past  Roberto Romano. The loss emended the penguins wingless Streak to five games 0-4-1. Pittsburgh spa cd Wilhour High scoring Center Mario la Mioux who injured a knee saturday night and will miss three weeks. Rangers 6, devils s new York Tony Mckigney scored iwo goals in the Bird period to give him 17 in 19 games As a Ranger and new York with newly acquired goaltender Bob fro Csc making his debug beat new Jersey Mckegney lifted a rebound of his own Shol Over a prone Alain Chevrier to break a 4-4 tie at 2 57 of the final period. Mckegney made in 6-4 just 2 27 later when he lapped in a rebound after Chev Rier blocked two shots on a Power  Greschner Goi his third assist on the play. Maple Leafs 4, North stars 3 Bloomington. Minn. Rick Vaive s goal Wilh 20 seconds left in Over Lime snapped Minnesota s 13-Gamc unbeaten Streak against the Maple Leafs. Vaive scored on a hard slap shot fro Mihe lop of the Circle that caught the Cor App Dio Ranger Walt Poddubny is Ehe cled by devils slave Richmond. Nell Broten to it right Ner of the net after third period goals by Russ Courtnell and Sieve Thomas had rallied Toronto w a 3-3 lie. Minnesota is now 12-1-1 a Amsl to Ronto since the Maple Leafs last Beal the North stars 6-1 on feb. 27,1985. Canucks 6, Kings 4 Vancouver four goals in a Hec tic third period including two on Power plays by Halrick Sundstrom and Dan Hodgson led slur ogling Vancouver 10 a Victory Over los Angeles. An even so Rengh goal by Stan Smyl and an empty Nel score by Peri Synko highlighted Vancouver s comeback in the third period. Jets 2. Ollert 1 Edmonton Alberta Gille Hansel and Dale Hawer Chuk scored 94 seconds apart Midway through the third period to give Winnipeg a Victory Over Edmonton thai ended the struggling jets wingless Streak Ai nine games. Hamel scored at 9 27 with a dose in wrist shot. Hawer Chuk tallied his 22nd goal and his first game Winner Al 11 01