Revenue sharing passes but baseball leaders deflect on new commissioner
In Fort Lauderdale three day MLB meetings end with approval of a revenue sharing plan but no selection of a commissioner. Finalists Harvey Schiller and Arnold Weber await a committee report and possible league voting remains distant amid labor tensions with the players union.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Executive Council
Fay Vincent
U.S. Olympic Committee
Harvey Schiller
Northwestern University
Arnold Weber
Bud Selig
Selig
New York Yankees
George Steinbrenner
Texas Rangers
George W. Bush
Players Union
Donald Fehr
Major League Baseball Players Association
Fehr
Richard Ravitch
Ravitch
McDowell asks six point five for 1994 payroll clash
Cy Young winner Jack McDowell seeks 6.5 million while the Chicago White Sox offer 5.3 million in a record baseball arbitration setup. The process sees 80 players exchanging figures with 59 asking for at least 1 million and 14 for 4 million or more.
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Chicago
Jack McDowell
White Sox
New York
Chicago White Sox
Atlanta
Ron Gant
Texas
Juan Gonzalez
Seattle
Jay Buhner
St. Louis
Gregg Jefferies
Cincinnati
Rob Dibble
Montreal
Randy Milligan
Arbitration salaries and notable case figures in baseball
Arbitration salaries in baseball show most cases settle before decision with small share going to arbitrators. Last year 18 cases reached arbitration. teams won 12. Over 20 years, teams have won 198, players 160. Read about Gonzalez, Olerud, Schilling, Maas, Abbott, McDowell and Fielder as examples of asks, offers, and outcomes.
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Gonzalez
Rangers
John Olerud
Toronto
Blue Jays
Philadelphia
Curt Schilling
New York Yankees
Kevin Maas
Yankees
Jim Abbott
McDowell
Chicago
Cecil Fielder
Detroit
Sampras Edges Kafelnikov In Five At Australian Open
Pete Sampras outlasted Yevgeny Kafelnikov in a five set thriller on center court, 6-3 2-6 6-3 1-6 9-7, after three hours of powerful baseline exchanges and late cramps. Steffi Graf, top seed, defeated Nicole Provis 6-1 6-4 in 61 minutes.
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Melbourne
Australia
Pete Sampras
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Sampras
Kafelnikov
Steffi Graf
Nicole Provis
CSU's Atkinson Leaves Rams Basketball Team
CSU senior Aaron Atkinson was cut from the Colorado State basketball team after missing practices on Monday and Tuesday and failing to contact coaching staff. University official Gary Ozzello confirmed he had left the team, with Atkinson averaging 11.8 points and 5.5 rebounds in 13 of 14 games this season.
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Fort Collins
CoLo
Aaron Atkinson
Colorado State
Atkinson
Gary Ozzello
Ozzello
Los Angeles
Rams
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Bob Tewksbury
Kevin Appier
Royals
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Larry Walker
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Hong Kong
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Dragon Rules
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OORT
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State Farm
Dennis Garrison
Lawrence Ave
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Bloomington
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Kansas
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