An ongoing problem in baseball (and some other popular sports) is that some teams are "richer" (in both money and talent) than other teams. ... So the league as a whole, and small-market team owners in particular, would like to keep salaries under control in order to maintain parity across teams. ... For the Seattle Mariners (Griffey's current team): Pat Gillick is the team's General Manager and the person primarily responsible for handling the negotiations to make a deal to trade Griffey to another team. Chuck Armstrong is the team's President, and Gillick's boss. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

An ongoing problem in baseball (and some other popular sports) is that some teams are "richer" (in both money and talent) than other teams. ... So the league as a whole, and small-market team owners in particular, would like to keep salaries under control in order to maintain parity across teams. ... For the Seattle Mariners (Griffey's current team): Pat Gillick is the team's General Manager and the person primarily responsible for handling the negotiations to make a deal to trade Griffey to another team. Chuck Armstrong is the team's President, and Gillick's boss. ...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

An ongoing problem in baseball (and some other popular sports) is that some teams are "richer" (in both money and talent) than other teams. ... So the league as a whole, and small-market team owners in particular, would like to keep salaries under control in order to maintain parity across teams. ... For the Seattle Mariners (Griffey's current team): Pat Gillick is the team's General Manager and the person primarily responsible for handling the negotiations to make a deal to trade Griffey to another team. Chuck Armstrong is the team's President, and Gillick's boss. ...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

An ongoing problem in baseball (and some other popular sports) is that some teams are "richer" (in both money and talent) than other teams. ... So the league as a whole, and small-market team owners in particular, would like to keep salaries under control in order to maintain parity across teams. ... For the Seattle Mariners (Griffey's current team): Pat Gillick is the team's General Manager and the person primarily responsible for handling the negotiations to make a deal to trade Griffey to another team. Chuck Armstrong is the team's President, and Gillick's boss. ...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

An ongoing problem in baseball (and some other popular sports) is that some teams are "richer" (in both money and talent) than other teams. ... So the league as a whole, and small-market team owners in particular, would like to keep salaries under control in order to maintain parity across teams. ... For the Seattle Mariners (Griffey's current team): Pat Gillick is the team's General Manager and the person primarily responsible for handling the negotiations to make a deal to trade Griffey to another team. Chuck Armstrong is the team's President, and Gillick's boss. ...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

An ongoing problem in baseball (and some other popular sports) is that some teams are "richer" (in both money and talent) than other teams. ... So the league as a whole, and small-market team owners in particular, would like to keep salaries under control in order to maintain parity across teams. ... For the Seattle Mariners (Griffey's current team): Pat Gillick is the team's General Manager and the person primarily responsible for handling the negotiations to make a deal to trade Griffey to another team. Chuck Armstrong is the team's President, and Gillick's boss. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The term "sports hero" is somewhat of an oxymoron today. The true sports heroes, the one who played simply for the love of the game, seem to have vanished. Their heroic qualities have vanished as well. No one plays for the fun of hitting the ball, or doing your best, or for hearing the crowd cheer. ...

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People take pride in their home team. They have visions of grandeur that their team will make and win the "big dance", the World Series. ... Thirty-one cities across North America have the honor and privilege to claim host to a professional baseball team. The teams" invoke a sense of civic pride in the citizens of the community. ... Ruth's hitting attracted the attention of the team's management and fans. ...

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• Grade Level: High School