1.   Free agency, astronomical salaries and the frequent changes in location and ownership shifted the image of control in baseball.

2.   Is he guilty about his astronomical salary?

3.   The assembled crowd was part of a tradition unspoiled by the understandable cynicism that now surrounds sport wherever true spirit has been diluted by astronomical salaries.

4.   The astronomical salaries in professional sports make it rare to see athletes who retire on top, the way Lemieux is doing.

5.   The newest crop of television stars are devoid of ego, blind ambition and agents who request astronomical salaries.

6.   The only noticeable omissions were ability to choke the coach, run the league through agents who demand astronomical salaries, and make movie and music deals.

7.   The root of it seems to be astronomical salaries and outside income opportunities.

8.   Their self-image is reinforced by heavy media coverage, astronomical salaries and unending fan adulation.

9.   They have even been conditioned to accept, for instance, that movie stars make astronomical salaries, or that CEOs get salaries many times that of their workers.

10.   They were perceived by many fans and pundits as Porche-driving brats striking for a raise from their astronomical salaries.