Not all in baseball is what it appears

I believe in the democratic process as much as the next guy, so Iwas happy to sign those two neighborhood petitions aimed at puttingmodest updates'' for Wrigley Field and a slight increase in thenumber of night games'' on the November ballot. I do think, however,it would have been sporting of the Cubs to note somewhere on thepetition that they were sponsoring them.

Hold your coats, guys? I see where Enron is suing TribuneCorporation. There are Cubs fans who don't know whom to root for inthat one.

I take Jerry Reinsdorf at his word when he says he isn't involvedin the baseball negotiations, but with Padres owner John Moores onthe job, he doesn't have to be. Just as …