The Texas Rangers have also put together an attractive cable package that keeps them from falling too far off the pace set by Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. THIS weekend, major-league baseball makes its last run of the millennium. Fans across the country are wondering what McGwire and Sosa will do for an encore. Others will counter that if expansion is a viable plan, then something needs to be done to protect baseball's interest in the smaller towns. Either way, somebody needs to do something before another work stoppage comes along to steal the fans' hearts away.
Nobody wants it.
But without a firm plan, it seems unavoidable. Paul Arnett has been covering sports for the Star-Bulletin since 1990.