Ken Kaiser is living the movie Groundhog Day . Every day blends into the next, with so little variation that Kaiser barely keeps up with what day of the week it is.
Every day is today.
The former big-league umpire, one of the infamous 22 whose resignations were accepted in 1999, is down these days. His spirits are scraping the pavement and his financial situation is in such straits that he's had one car repossessed, creditors are calling almost daily about another and he is two months behind on the mortgage of his Rochester, N.Y., home, which he is trying to sell. He was forced to pull his daughter out of college and let her health insurance expire. Once in a while, Kaiser's longtime doctor gets his hands on some free samples of medication and passes them along. It's so bad that we've got some guys who have filed for welfare just so they can get medical insurance.