Baseball Contractions The Players' Association is about to take a shotgun to both its own feet. They need to recognize that they don't own the teams and they can't force people to show up and pay to watch baseball. In what other industry do employees think they have a right to work and be payed even if the company is losing money? Eventually it comes down to cold, hard cash, and the Baseball Nation recognizes this and the Players' Association is going to hurt its own image immensely. I personally would LOVE to see the talent on the Expos and Twins spread around to other teams. Somebody will get Vlad Guerrero, someone else will pick up Christian Guzman, and Minnesota's starting pitchers will send 3 losers back to Triple-A where they belong. Oh - and for the record, Jim Litke's article is the best idea since sliced bread. I've actually espoused a very similar notion of my own origination for a long time, but Litke's is even better. I LOVE the idea that any city could push hard to gain a big league club by relegation, and owners who think they can rape their team for profits and never suffer for it will get it in the teeth.