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When he picked up the phone Sunday night at his home in Milwaukee, the Braves-Giants game wasplaying on a TV in the background. After years of trying, Selig finally managed to shoehorn a few cost-containment measures into the most recent labor deal reached between owners and players. But the commissioner wasn’t about to claim those modest advances had yielded a new order in baseball so soon. “I was taught many years ago that the only pre dictable thing about baseball is its unpredictability,” lie said. “And that’s all this proves,” This postseason proved the Yankees’ starting rotation was too old and the defending World Series champion Diamondbacks were too thin to overcome a few key injuries. Their only consola tion is that a half-dozen wealthy neighbors — the Red Sox, Rangers. Dodgers. Mets. Mariners and Indians — didn't make it far enough to have their shortcomings exposed. In what might be a more revealing sign of the times the owners of the last two AL teams stand ing, Minnesota and Anaheim, are trying to sell. And NL semifinalist St. Louis, long one of he sport's most stable franchises, is even now proba bly figuring how to parlay this postseason appear ance into a few more concesions from the city to help the club build a new stadium. “We’ve spent a long time, too much time, in fact, talking about off-the-field issues,” the com missioner said, “and so far we’ve had a pretty good week on the field. I'd like to keep the focus there. “Besides, the Cardinals have been through an incredible season, considering all the emotions and the heartbreak in the wake of Daryl Kile's death."Selig said. “Let their fans savor that.’’ Fans of the Twins as well as irony, can savor the possibility that one of the teams Selig planned to eliminate is still around. “Thecountry wants to see the poor teams win play'' Minnesota outfielder Tori Hunter said after his team won Game 5 of the division series Sunday in Oakland. T was rooting for the Angels. It's going to he a low-budget LCS. We all make minimum wage MLB TOP Ten Payrolls FOR 2002 TEAMS Team Payroul 1. N.Y. Yankees $125.^2e.5©3 2. Boston 108,386,060 3. Texas 106,302.12:4 4. Arizona 102.020,000 5. Lo$ Angeles 04,850.952 €>. N.Y. Mets 94,633,593 7. Atlanta 93.470,367 ©. Seattle 80.282.668 Q. Cleveland 78.909.448 10. San FranciSCO 78.299,835 • Thes» figures represent opening day payrolls, San Francisco is no longer in the Top 10. MANIiY ROUQUETTE • THE BATTALION out there.” In a scene that could have come from the movie “Major League,” Twins owner Carl Pohlad — who favored the contraction plan and still wants to sell his team — popped into the clubhouse a half-hour after the win. “We had a bunch of young guys that played their hearts out every day. We have to win the next two rounds, and I’m not even going talk about contrac tion," Pohlad said, “until then.” Selig plans to wait even longer. “I’m delighted for them. It’s a great story, just because of the way they’re playing,” he said. “I’m enjoyiog watching them. “The rest of it, the history of what happened before, it’s in the past now.” If only it were that simple. Baseball is set up to have a great postseason on the field, even — maybe especially — without the Yankees. But Selig & Co. ignore all the rest at their own peril. Some first-round playoff games were shuttled to the ABC Family Channel, and the truth is nearly two-thirds of the teams are still looking to cut payroll, not add players. Enough teams have lost enough money so that some of the revenue-sharing funds will be used to cover losses, something sure to create even more resentment between the haves and have-nots. The Yankees, Mets and other big spenders who missed out on deep runs through the postseason won’t take kindly to subsidizing teams doing just that while pitying out the minimum wage. Come and act it! P ICKING UP your 2002 Aggieland is easy. If you ordered a book, look for the distribution table today in front of the Reed McDonald Building. (Go to the Reed McDonald basement in case of inclement weather.) Please bring your Student ID. If you did not order last year's Texas A&M yearbook (the 2001-2002 school year), you may pur chase one for $40 plus tax in 015 Reed McDonald. Hours: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Cash, checks, Aggie Bucks, VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express accepted. Texas’ Benson ready for first Red River Shootout Get Spring ; Sun (1- IS ough Calculus ID s .or va-rj and Nebras ka AUSTIN (AP) — Last season gainst Oklahoma, Texas tail back Cedric Benson was on the ftdd for all of one play — and only because Ivan Williams lost nis shoe. Williams hobbled to the side- lnea nd Benson took his place. It 'J'as a chance for glory in one of the biggest games of the year. It was a quarterback sneak,” en son said Monday, laughing at his less-than-spectacular introduction to the annual Red R 'ver Shootout. Williams returned the next P a y anc ! Benson was back on the e nch for the rest of the game there is no way that vfPpen again Saturday wnen o. 2 Oklahoma (5-0) and No. exas (5-0) meet again Saturday in Dallas. „ ., Lasl year, coach Mack Brown , Benson wasn’t good enough Pass blocking to help protect d drte, hack Chris Simms. With Watchin 8’ Texas ran for sarT y ards an d Simms was ' ac ked f,v e times in a 14-3 loss. ‘hat was the end of Benson eri tu 8 ° n the hterteht- He start- ii, le next week and ran for On ,^ ards tn a win over Uk lahoma State. is w 'th that game, Texas for i k-rc 11 ^ ® enson has rushed down’ l yards w hh 17 touch- sSh The ° n,y ,OSS in that Bi« n Was t0 Colorado in the JJ; Btle game when Benson with 1° the , bench in the first half him m ! 1C f k in -i ur y that also kept 1 of the Holiday Bowl. Cra ck au^Sooners Wait * n ^ ^ & stav^TTi! 1 ^ t0 P la y- 1 wanted to said Benson” d f Umt Oklahoma, onlvoi ’ who estimates he’s pass n' f 1 up 0ne or two sacks in protection since. that. tFmn a bttle do wn about ab out w U h t r Can,t do nothing fee l like I yoa can t control. I there •Li C °. U d have gotten in WeU;»he said ayed and played w ' t h aLrr drdsbed last season 1,05T vo ! tresh man record of r s and 12 touchdowns. will when This season, he has three 100- yard games, including 208 yards against North Carolina. Benson’s success has prompt ed yearlong second-guessing of Brown’s decision to sit him against the Sooners. Brown admits that hindsight suggests he should have played Benson. Still, he insists, coaches thought they were doing the right thing at the time. Besides Benson’s blocking problems, Williams had just gained 152 yards in a 42-7 victo ry over Texas Tech. Benson had come off the bench for a total of 186 yards in the first four games. “Going into that game Ivan was playing great and Cedric wasn’t as ready to play against the blitz,” Brown said Monday. “Sitting there on Thursday before the game, we didn’t think he was ready to handle all the things he needed to handle.” But Oklahoma stuffed Williams and everything else Texas tried to do on the ground that day. And Brown wasn’t going to call on the freshman to bail qut an offense that managed one field goal. “Should we have forced it more? Maybe. Brown said. “Because he did real well against Oklahoma State the next week.” The pageantry and passion surrounding the annual rivalry is one of the highlights of the college football season. The game is held at the same time as the State Fair of Texas and the Cotton Bowl is evenly split between Longhorns and Sooners fans. Benson said he was impressed by the crowd and the atmosphere surrounding the game last year. But he has little experience to draw on for what the game is like. “It’s a grudge match,” Benson said “I got a sense of what it means, not of what it s like on the field.” “I think he will take this game kind of personally,” Baker said. “He wants to show how talented of a back he is. www.micron.com/jobs Micron Technology, Inc. has emerged as a global leader in the semiconductor industry. We continually broaden our DRAM. SRAM, TCAM, Flash and CMOS image sensor product offerings to meet the needs of advancing technologies for today - and the future. meet micron! Information Session Thursday, October 10 404 Rudder, 5:30 p.m. Pizza and sodas will be provided. 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