1.   And next month the brainiacs who run baseball will vote on realignment.

2.   Any day now, the geniuses who run baseball are going to accept the court ruling that they cannot whack the Minnesota Twins this year.

3.   All that usually remains are calls to reform the office and redefine the way baseball is run.

4.   But if the turnouts in New York and many other cities are any guide, the usually stodgy people who run baseball have to be congratulating themselves.

5.   But one should never underestimate the incompetence of those who run baseball.

6.   But the night watchman who runs baseball must believe it, because the Mariners and the Yankees were delegated to give another season a jump start.

7.   But the night watchman who runs baseball must believe it, because the Mariners and the Yankees were delegated to give another season a jump-start.

8.   But that offer most likely will not satisfy members of the council, which runs baseball in the absence of a commissioner.

9.   Clark could run baseball by day and play first base by night, providing both baseball and the Brewers with his invaluable leadership.

10.   Now the great minds that run baseball are going for shock value.