Make sure there's a six-month supply of fuel to run the emergency generator. Book the Overlook Hotel for the winter meetings. Eric Gregg will fly before this plan gets off the ground. But if nothing else, it becomes a bargaining chip next fall when the Lords of Baseball attempt to negotiate a new basic agreement that will surely seek economic concessions. It's a simple plan on the management side.
Baseball takes the eight teams with the worst winning percentages over the past three seasons.
It takes the eight teams with the best winning percentages over the same period. They change underwear. As I understand the memorandum that was leaked to the Associated Press, Bud wants the eight winningest teams to protect 25 players and expose the rest to a draft. Each lousy organization could take one player, selecting in order of their ineptness. You know how the players union will regard a scheme that uproots eight highly paid veterans.