European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 b the stars and stripes saturday March 9, 1991expansion issues hit baseball by Arnie Stapleton a sportswriter. Ring Texas a commissioner Fay Vincent says All the talk about soaring salaries expansion Revenue distribution and training Camp him Lone my for two simple words play sail a the great thing about base Bah a Vincent said % that the business of baseball is very Boring once the games Start. I think once the games Start fans forget about economics. They do not look at shortstops As economic be mrs. And the game is so Beautiful it takes Over but baseball has plenty to discuss Over the next Sev not least of which is How to allocate $ 190 million in expansion Money. A. \ a Vincent said at the end of the two Day owners meetings thursday that if the american and National leagues done to agree promptly on How Divide the $190 million he would make the decision for them. A the leagues Are going to have to resolve the. Matter reasonably soon or the matters going to have to come to me a Vincent said a it cannot drag on much longer. Among other things there a confusion within baseball about financial a a i meanwhile the owners agreed in principal to a plan by Montreal expos owner Charles Bronfman to sell the Quot franchise to a Quebec group headed by team president Claude Brochu. There was no formal vote on the Deal. Little was discussed about Houston astros owner John Mcmullens plans to sell the team because no firm offers have Arisen. Vincent continued to express concern Over soaring salaries which Are topped by Roger Clemens four year $21.5 million Deal with i think that it raises a number of issues for baseball and those issues include How the smaller markets sur. Vive at this level of compensation a Vincent said. A a there a not enough Money in the world to protect baseball against the. Sort of compensation that a going on today a he added. A if you extrapolate out the kinds of increases across baseball that we saw this year it wont be very Long before the numbers reach unmanageable the hottest topic at the meetings was the National leagues plans to expand by two teams which could be announced by june and will Start play in 1993. The Al wants a share of the $95 Mil Ion per team entry fee hut the no insists it wont share. In past expansions the leagues did not share the entry fees. But George w. Bush the managing general partner of the Texas rangers said a these Are different t times a the no intends to pick from among Buffalo . Denver Miami Orlando Fla. St. Petersburg Fla., and Washington the cities need nine votes in the no and eight in the Al. \ Douglas d Danforth chairman of the Pittsburgh pirates and head of the no expansion committee and Milwaukee Brewers owner Bud Selig have been appointed to negotiate a settlement on the Issue. A i reminded the ownership that the decision has been made a and is binding and will not be reversed a that if the leagues Are not Able to resolve the Issue the matter regrettably will be referred to me Quot Vincent said. A the leagues at that Point Are bound by my Aba from Page 28 22.1 seconds left to give the Bucks a 97-94 Lead after magic Johnson lost the Ball pacers 145, nuggets 125. Indianapolis a Vern Fleming scored a career High 31 Points and Rik Smits had a season High 31 As Indiana chalked up its highest Point total since a 155-150 overtime loss at Denver to 1982. Reggie Miller scored 33 Points for the pacers. A. A a a spurs 111, nets 99 san Antonio a Terry Cummings scored 25 Points and David Robinson grabbed 20 rebounds for san Antonio As the spurs beat the nets at Home Tor the 11th consecutive time. Reggie Theus scored 28 Points for new Jersey which has lost ii consecutive Road games. Rookie Derrick Coleman sprained his thumb in the first Quarter and finished with just five Points All free throws. Sonics 91, Timber wolves 86 Minneapolis a Eddie Johnson scored 10 of his 18 Points to a 4 40 stretch of the second Quarter and visiting Seattle withstood a late rally. The Victory was the sixth in seven games for the supersonics who got 25 Points from Ricky Pierce Minnesota lost for the sixth time in eight games. Rockets 122, Mavericks 90 ii Ouston a Otis Thorpe scored 24 Points and Houston took control with a 218 run at the Start of the third Quarter. Kenny Smith scored 19 for the rockets. Rodney Mccray scored 18 Lor the Mavericks. A. A a warriors 122, Cavaliers 92 Oakland Calif. A Alton Lister scored 17 Points and grabbed ii rebounds in Only 23 minutes and Golden state went on to its largest Victory margin this season. Brad Daugherty scored 24 Points for Cleveland. Camps spurs David Wingate pulls off a steal against nets Reggie Theus at san Antonio. From Page 28 the game. I done to think in a 40th or 50th on the in another game Baltimore beat the Chicago White sox 8-0 on a combined four hitter by Ben Mcdonald Jose Mesa Dave Johnson and Kevin Hickey. Sam Horn hit a three run Homer for the of a Atlanta blanked defending Mcaa Champion Georgia 2-0 on Sid Breames two run fourth Inong Homer. The Chicago cubs beat Arizona state 5-4, overcoming four Bis by Mike Kelly and the Minnesota twins beat Edison Community College 13-2 As Kirby Puckett hit a three run Homer and Chuck Knoblauch had three hits. In other Spring training developments Force Hershiser took a Mij Jor step toward returning to the dockers pitching rotation when he threw 54 painless pitches during a workout. A san Francisco Rookie shortstop Mike benjamins Challenge for Jose Uribes starting position has been put on hold by a nagging shoulder problem leaving Uribe As shortstop when the giants travel to Mesa to play the Chicago cubs. Benjamin injured his right shoulder during a double play late last season. A Cincinnati manager Lou Pomella said Paul of Neill could be a Power hitter with Little coaching. He has adjusted o Neillis batting stance. A Catcher Joe Oliver ended his two Day walkout and returned to Cincinnati a Spring training Camp. Pitcher Jack Armstrong however said he would continue to stay away until his contract is changed. A third baseman Tim Wallach hoping to finish his career with the Montreal expos agreed to two year contract Extension Worth $7.5 million. A the new York acts said they would meet with Frank violas agent later this month in an attempt to agree to a contract Extension beyond 1991. Superstition an to saturdays programs 6 00 can sports tonight 6 30 headline news. 7 00 sat net coverage 7.35 Roal ghost usters. 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