1.   And baseball will certainly have more critics ready to Decry well-heeled owners buying pennants.

2.   Already, baseball has bad blood and bickering, midseason form.

3.   And baseball had a pioneer.

4.   And baseball has had a great year.

5.   And for all its problems and strife, baseball had us Tuesday back in its grasp.

6.   And baseball has agreements in place with Japan and Mexico about acquiring their talent.

7.   And baseball has some serious problems that must be addressed.

8.   And half of what makes it impossible is the hard-line stance of union leader Don Fehr, the man who says freely that baseball has no problems.

9.   And the burden may be reduced because baseball now has its first full-time CEO, Paul Beeston, in place.

10.   And what if no one believed him because baseball has no credibility.