21.   Baseball needs people to discuss it, after all, and when was the last time you had a good hoot at Starbucks over Bud Selig?

22.   Baseball needs season-ticket sales.

23.   Baseball needs somebody who is both a very good man and a very good wizard.

24.   Baseball needs to be called onto the carpet like this and told the what-for in no uncertain terms.

25.   Baseball needs to be.

26.   Baseball needs to find a way to get rid of Marge Schott quickly and permanently.

27.   Baseball surely needs to find a sports business executive or lawyer without the bruises and preconceptions from running a single club.

28.   Baseball needed the best season in its rich history to extinguish the lingering brushfires.

29.   Baseball needs a dose of Fenway, a reprieve from the decidely less charming events of recent weeks.

30.   Baseball needs an image makeover, and so does Mickey Mantle.