You can bet that Hicks and the Rockies' Jerry McMorris would be opposed to a lockout that might disrupt the 2002 season and allow their precious new assets to depreciate. The Fox Corp. also would be opposed, seeing as how they own the Dodgers, the sport's national-television rights and most of the teams' regional networks. But commissioner Bud Selig might be privately delighted by the winter's developments, believing that they will help him justify his argument for increased salary restraints. But we clearly have a crisis situation in the game. It's time for us to deal with it.
Nothing ever changes.
Perhaps nothing ever will. Still, you wonder when the party will be over. For Alex Rodriguez. And for baseball. Senior writer Ken Rosenthal covers baseball for The Sporting News.