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Keep the strikeouts away

By Rob Neyer
ESPN.com

Monday, August 12, 2002

At least once in this space, I have written negatively about Sports Illustrated's top baseball writer, Tom Verducci. So it's with great pleasure that I write positively of his article in the August 5 issue that contained "14 other ways to help the game get back on track." The 15th way -- actually, the first way -- is Verducci's "simple" plan for the players and the owners to agree on a labor deal. The plan didn't seem so simple to me, but those things are above my head so I'll leave the intrica ...

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