[moe.ron]

The Top Ten Reasons Baseball Players Say They Need to Strike:

1. Have you seen the price of black market steroids these days?

2: Those darn Hooters girls keep demanding child support increases.

3: No one should have to see Don Zimmerman and Tommy Lasorda in a baseball uniform 162 days a year.

4: With chewing tobacco under attack, the cost of bubblegum has skyrocketed.

5: Since 9/11 it's difficult to pass through metal detectors with all that jewelry.

6: The stock market crash has really hurt the 401-K plans.

7: Global warming has made it entirely too hot to play in the summer.

8: Since the Gold Club was closed by the Federal Government in Atlanta, there's nothing to do on road trips.

9: Signing autographs at $20.00 per pop causes bad hand cramps.

10: Can never go to a Nascar Race with all those pesky Sunday afternoon games