1.   And baseball men, not the executives bent on forcing the striking major leaguers under a salary cap, are left to deal with it.

2.   Minor league players competing in the Arizona Fall League say the threat of repercussions from striking major leaguers makes crossing a picket line an unattractive option.

3.   She also prevented a possible confrontation of tremendous proportions, not between replacements and the striking major leaguers, but between the major leaguers themselves.

4.   Sign up the striking major leaguers -- worry about legalities later -- and scare the bejabbers out of everyone involved in the obscene strike.

5.   Major league teams are scrambling to fill rosters with players to replace striking major leaguers.

6.   Union head Donald Fehr said striking major leaguers will consider anyone a strikebreaker who plays at a major league site or in a game for which admission is charged.

7.   With striking major leaguers still in limbo, this U.S. commonwealth is piling on the homegrown all-stars to represent Puerto Rico in the Caribbean World Series.

8.   Baseball club owners seeking replacements for striking major leaguers are looking at retired veterans plus top amateurs and collegians to fill the talent void.

9.   Striking major leaguers will have another option next year when the United League opens.