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From: radio@spuxll.UUCP (Rick Farina)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Baseball Strike? (and Mike Armstrong)
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Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 12:37:45 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  9 12:37:45 1985
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> A few weeks ago, I remember when discussing the strike, somebody mentioned
> the possibility of promoting farmhands in order to break the strike. This
> was countered by the argument that as soon as a player is promoted, he is
> considered a major leaguer, and is on strike. 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.

Demoting a player might help the minor league affiliate but it
would hurt the major league team: demoted players continue to draw
salaries based on their major league contract, strike or no strike.
In addition, affiliates are, in most cases, independent businesses.
So, the Yankees' demotion of Winfield to Columbus benifits the Clippers at
the expense of the Yankees, hardly the type of donation a Steinbrenner
would seem disposed to make. George did recently demote Mike Armstrong
and his six-figure contract to Columbus. However, this move is by no means
considered to be a donation; it is more-or-less a capital-loss.

raf
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