European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August 1, 1994, sports the stars and stripes Page 37 Bonilla would be strikes Fop loser by Ronald Blum new York a Bobby Bonilla with a $5.7 million salary this season stands to lose the most i baseball players strike in two weeks. Bonilla would lose $31,148 each Day of a strike total of $1,619,672 if a walkout continues of the final 52 Days of the season. Chicago White sox Pitcher Jack Mcdowell who gained a $5.3 million salary in arbitration despite losing his Case is next at $28,692 per Day a total of$1,506,011, followed by Roberto Alomar of Toronto and Roger Clemens or Boston who each would lose$2722 per Day a total of $1,420,765. But the Star players say they la strike to defeat a salary Cap even though they have the most to lose. There s no Waythe players Are cracking Clemens said. No players would be paid during a work stoppage according to lawyers for both the major league base Ball players association and management s player relations committee. For each Day of a strike they would lose l-183rd of their salary. For players making the $109,000 minimum that s $596 per Day. The players Are very solid insisted will Clark of the Texas rangers who would lose $21,858 per Day. Dick Moss a player agent and the Union s general counsel from 1966-77, predicts these negotiations will end like All others for the owners since free Agency began. They always lose and they always say going into a situation like this we re going to win and we re going to show these  s not in the nature of the beast Moss said. The players always win when the stick together and players Are More unified than they be Ever  in the past two negotiations commissioners  Ueberroth and Fay Vincent took manage ment s salary Cap proposals off the table which angered the hard line owners. Since forcing Vincent to resign in september 1992, owners have kept the com missioner s office vacant so they would t have the same problem Bonilla during this negotiation. The one person who always acted in the Best inter est of the game always screwed the owners Atlanta braves president Stan Kasten said Friday. The commissioner can t Force the players to accept anything. All he can do is impose things on the owners. We be never collectively bargained a solution. We veal ways had one shoved Down our own throats. This time we won  Chicago White sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf viewed by Many As the most influential owner says the Union s talk about players Freedom to play in the cities of their Choice is a smokescreen. He says the Union s chief desire is to preserve the current system which has helped escalate the average salary from$51,501 in 1976 to $1,188,679 of opening Day this year. R they just raise All kinds of issues so they can avoid the Mam Issue Reinsdorf said. Obviously this association has no interest in addressing our problems on of the obligations of the Union is to negotiate the prob Jems of our Industry Union head Donald Fehr and players insist that there Are no problems. Teams had record Revenue last season estimated by the pc at $1.88 billion and the28 clubs collectively made a profit of $50.3 million according to the pc estimate. But Milwaukee Brewers owner Bud Selig chairman of the ruling executive Council that took Over following Vincent s departure says 19 teams Are losing Money and need change. He says financial doom forecast by owners repeatedly after an arbitrator forced free Agency after the 1976 season is upon the Industry. Tomorrow is Here. Nobody is sorrier about that than i am Selig  bristles when owners cry poverty. He believe owners Are largely irrelevant. The owners make no product he said. Only the players Are producing  first fan gets earful from strike foes Cleveland a president Linton a self proclaimed baseball fanatic got an earful saturday from Cleveland fans who urged him to head off a threat ened major league strike. He was sympathetic but made no promises. Clinton who travelled to Ohio for a political fund Raiser stopped to shake hands with a crowd at the Airport whence departed air Force one. I thought what great passionate pub Lic Issue will they be concerned about Clinton related. I thought i knew Amer Ica Well enough and sure enough the first 15 people. I Shook hands with said can t you do anything about the baseball strike Clinton did t directly answer their query saying Only i Hope there won t be a strike he called himself a lifelong fanatic baseball fan and reminded the crowd he had thrown out the first pitch at Cleveland s new Ballpark on opening Day this season noting that both the Hometown Indi ans and the Cincinnati reds Are doing Well this year he added for. Ohio per haps More than any other place in Amer Ica this year we re really All Happy that we re having the Best baseball season in40 years and we Hope we get a Chance to see if those records can be  people read Small ads. You just you can now advertise your products events and services to 150,000 daily readers at incredibly Low rates. This and for example can Cost you As Little As $51.72. For info Call Germany civilian 06155-601247 or Dan 348-8247. Jordan raps 1st or Birmingham Ala. A former Aba great Michael Jordan hit the first Home run of his pro baseball career sat urday night then pointed to the sky As he crossed Home plate in a tribute to his a. Ther who was murdered last year. Jordan s Solo Homer a line drive to Loftfield in the eighth inning estimated at 380 feet helped the Birmingham Barons to a6-1 win Over the Carolina mudcats in the Southern league. Jordan s Mother wife brother and Sis Ter were among the crowd of 13751, the largest at Hoover metropolitan stadium since it opened on april 16,1988. Once i got across the plate i just kind of paid tribute to my father said Jor Dan who was Given a wild standing ovation by the crowd and was mobbed at Home plate by the entire Barons team. I was going to Point up to him and say that was for you. It was a great  in two previous at bats Jordan came close to hitting the Ball out. He filed out in the fourth to the Edge of the warning track in dead Center Field then doubled on one Bounce off the Wall in the sixth1. In his Best offensive game in a Tough season at the plate Jordan went 2-for-4 with two Bis and is now batting .189. The Home run came on a 2-0 fastball from reliever Kevin Rychel i knew the Pitcher was a fastball Pitcher and i was looking fastball Jor Dan said. Once i saw that pitch i made a pretty Good turn and i hit it really solid. Once i hit it i knew it was gone Jordan who quit basketball to try for a professional baseball career said the Home run was the Best tribute he could give his father James who would have celebrated a birthday sunday. It still makes me kind of emotional because i wish he was Here Torsee it said Jordan. Pirates May go on Block Pittsburgh a the Pitts Burgh pirates Board of directors was expected to vote wednesday on a new stadium lease. But instead they May put the team up for Sale. The pirates notified major league baseball s ownership committee they Are discussing a possible Sale to different groups headed by former Baltimore Ori Oles president Larry Lucchino and John j. Riga chairman of add phia communication a Cable to company. Additionally the  Cable sports Channel which carries pirates and puts Burgh Penguin games and penguins owner Howard Baldwin have told tin City they also Are incr Etcil in pc Mytyl the learn they arc � of Cut Cutty with the uses of duct. Another local group led by James Roddey former chief of the port author Ity transit the Pittsburgh area s mass transit system is interested in the pirates. The emergence of new pirates ownership is a surprising development follow ing months 01 negotiations Between the current owners a Public private Consorti urn and the City on a proposed City backed $8 million loan and a new three Rivers stadium lease. 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