We think baseball is a great facilitator. It brings people together, and that's the underlying purpose of our visit,

That does not preclude a given club from going beyond that level, ... We believe it's time to get this spiraling payroll situation under some control. The idea is to stabilize.... We believe that in order to keep the game within reach of American baseball fan we have to do some payroll stabilization here.

We've made our decisions and joined in a contract with Major League Baseball. We intend to see that contract enforced.

Sam has done a good job for this organization for a long time. He is a solid baseball man. He has a great personality and is a very committed baseball professional.

They are deliberately preventing their subscribers -- who are paying good money every month -- from watching the team that they consider their baseball team.