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Show The Dally Utah Chronicle, Tuesday, March 29, 1983 Page Eleven owners, players battle over salaries AP Special Correspondent Imagine a general, preparing to storm an enemy bastion, his troops together for a rallying speech. calling -We've got a big job ahead of us, men," he bellows. "I whish you were equal to the job. But you're just average soldiers. You're not worth what the government is paying you. But we'll have to take our chances, anyhow. ' : V.; "Charge!" J; far from some of the arbitration meetings That's not too astray that take place between representatives of major league baseball ' owners and players who can't agree on a contract. Calvin Griffith, owner of the Minnesota Twins, emerged from such a session recently at which the arbitrator awarded relief pitcher Ron Davis $475,000 for the 1983 season, and you would have thought Davis spat in his face. "I'm so sick," said the chubby Twins boss, "I almost wanted to vomit.". The dub had offered Davis $360,000. A week later, after a similar hearing, the New York Mets' Mookie Wilson was awarded a salary of $325,000, more than tripling his $100,000 paycheck the year before, and this time it was General Manager Frank Cashen's time to hit the roof. "I'm shocked," said the Mets executive. "I'm disappointed. Mookie hit .279 and tripled his salary . . . If you take into account the strike season that was only 92 games or so he's played in only two years." When Rick Cerone won a $440,000 arbitration suit two years ago, Yankee owner George Steinbrenner was livid, accusing his catcher of lacking loyalty. "These cases are not unusual," says Peter Rose, a former associate general counsel for the Players Association, who now, as an attorney, represents players at arbitration hearings. "I've seen club owners literally denigrate their players, rip diem apart '":" at such hearings. Neutral arbitration has been a part of baseball business life since 1974, coinciding with the advent of free agency. Days are gone when guys like Babe Ruth simply walked into owner Jake d. Ruppert's office and hammered out salary Now negotiating is done by lawyers and agents. That failing, the case is taken to arbitration the club submitting a figure it feels the player is worth, the player countering with his own appraisal of his value. Under baseball law, the arbitrator must take one figure or the other. He can't opt for a middle ground. -- head-to-hea- TODAY INSTITUTE CLASSES O O O O O io io Science Majors o o o o CARTERS HI-LITE- RS Pen Desk Style ONLY & 2 FOR 890 reg. 750 each For information, call 6731 START 11 a.m. 1 p.m. Milk and Hot Cookies Video Games TOMORROW 250 Bananna Splits fo o iO . What do you know about Pharmacy? Would you like to know more? Consider Survey of Pharmacy (1 credit) Index 4168 Thrusday, 11 :00--1 1 :50 am fis ffrajb o o o oq Lunch Live Entertainment with Harry Glow Band 990 FRIDAY NOON DEVOTIONAL Sister Annette Frazier Utah-S.- L. Mission Central Chapel o FRIDAY NIGHT o EXTRAVAGANZA o LEE FUGAL ?S2S o STAR WARS MOVIE o LIVE BAND and DISCO with Spring Institute o or Registration o o o $3 free THE ORIGINAL Full line of Textbooks for Each Dept. UP DOWMEK Best Selection of Used Textbooks (by far) Only Store with the "Guaranteed" Textbook Program :ale $4.69 WITH THIS AD Best Price Structure Best Tho Original JUp Dosmsi. An all time favorite. Extra large bill protects face, back brim protects neck and ears. Fun and functlonaTtor hiking, skiing, boating "Buy-Back- " almost any outdoor activity. Sized from small to extra large in tan, red, royal, chili bean, and yellow. CcnvsnlsrSy leccird te ; w- - 15 m!nu5ss from fvsl fcScnrtpcn frtsyi1pm Prica coed Kvctc Uzzh Open 31. K . 1 b o o o o o o THURS. 000000 0000 The Everything Hat. O O O University Bookstore o o o o o o o o o o o o o o |
