Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uvaee.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!uvaee!jcc From: jcc@uvaee.UUCP (Jay Colognori) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Baseball Strike? Message-ID: <412@uvaee.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 10:50:57 EDT Article-I.D.: uvaee.412 Posted: Tue Aug 13 10:50:57 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 21:23:53 EDT References: <222@whuts.UUCP> <560@bentley.UUCP> Reply-To: jcc@uvaee.UUCP (Jay Colognori) Organization: EE Dept., U of Virginia, Charlottesville Lines: 14 Summary: In article <560@bentley.UUCP> ran@bentley.UUCP (RA Novo) writes: > Although the strike is over, >a hypothetical situation comes to mind. What if a player is demoted? It >would help a minor league affiliate both in the standings and at the gate >if its parent team's stars are sent to play a couple of games. Just think >of the Columbus Clippers with Dave Winfield playing outfield. How about the Richmond Braves (The best team in the International League this year) with Dale Murphy? Whew! Good question. What's to keep the owners from doing such a thing? I recall the Pirates demoting one player with a salary of about 450K. (Lemasters?) Is there a rule limiting the demotions of certian or all players?. - Jay C.