BUD’S SCREED SMOKED: Bud Selig to the DETROIT FREE PRESS on the Tigers making the playoffs “I believe that the Tigers are the perfect manifestation of our improved economic climate. I have no doubt that this would not have been attainable a decade ago without our system of revenue sharing.”

California State Univ.-Bakersfield sports economist David Berri to the LOS ANGELES TIMES on payroll disparity in baseball: “The story has been greatly exaggerated when it comes to payrolls and wins.“