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00 0 0 0 0 00 00 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 00 0 0 0 0 oil Oil. oil Owners reject proposal union's offer goes backward on revenue By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK Owners immediately slammed baseball players yesterday for making what management called backward proposals on the key issues of revenue sharing and a luxury tax. "We could not have been more disappointed in the proposal we received," said Rob Manfred, the owners' chief labor lawyer. "This is raw regressive bargaining." Six days before union's Aug. 30 strike deadline, the sides appear to be on a course for baseball's ninth work stoppage since 1972.

"We have now moved substantially in the clubs' direction in most of the issues significant to them," union head Donald Fehr said. Manfred accused players of backtracking on increased revenue sharing. The union proposed yesterday that revenue sharing should be phased in. In 2006, the final year of the proposed deal, the sides are relatively close. Owners have proposed transferring $268 million, using 2001 revenue figures for analysis, from the wealthiest teams to the poorer ones, the union moved to $240 million, a $5 million increase.

While owners want $268 million transferred next year, up from about $169 million under the current formula, Manfred said the union proposed transfers of $172 million in 2003, $195 million in 2004, $217 million in 2005 and $240 million in is 2006. "The parties have discussed for a long time that when agreements are eventually reached, changes will be phased in over time," Fehr said. "The phase-in proposal was not what he had hoped for." The union also moved $5 million toward the owners on the luxury tax, designed to slow spending by said far short of what ownpayroll teams, but Manfred ers want because it would affect only two teams next year, based on this season's salaries. "If they had made any sort of move that was in our direction we would have made a countermove. The thing we're dealing with is how to respond to a move that went the wrong way," Manfred said.

He called the proposal "so out of the realm of expectation that it's going to take us a little time." While owners want to tax the portions of 40-man payrolls over $102 million (including $9 million in benefits), players proposed thresholds of $125 million in 2003, $135 million in 2004 and $145 million in 2005 all $5 million less than the union's previous offer. Players have proposed tax rates of while the owners have proposed 37.5 to 50 Manfred chided Fehr for giving a "20-minute monologue" before the proposal on "Don's view of the world." "It was a recitation of his view of how the negotiations had gone," Manfred said. Hall of Famer Wilhelm dies Tennessean News Services Knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm, the first reliever elected to the Hall of Fame and the last pitcher to throw a no-hitter against the New York Yankees, has died. Wilhelm died Friday of heart failure, said his widow, Peggy. Baseball records listed him at 79 years old, though the funeral home handling the arrangements said he was 80.

Wilhelm played from 1952 and 1972 and when he WILHELM retired, he held the major league record for games pitched at 1,070. Jesse Orosco and Dennis Eckersley have since passed that mark. He served as the pitching coach for the Nashville Sounds when the minor league team was affiliated with the New York Yankees. "My husband always thought it was the greatest thing in the world that he could make a living at doing what he loved best, playing baseball," Peggy Wilhelm told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune yesterday. Wilhelm was 143-122 with 227 saves and a 2.52 ERA for nine Memphis' win keeps Sounds 2nd By MAURICE PATTON Staff Writer Nashville's postseason chances absorbed a serious blow last night as Memphis posted a 7-2 comeback victory.

The loss keeps the Sounds (69- 65) in second place in the Pacific Coast League East Division, games behind New Orleans an extra-innings winner over Colorado Springs. Leading 1-0 after a first-inning run, Nashville allowed seven straight runs before scoring again in the ninth and leaving the bases loaded to end the game. "This was kinda like our first game this against them and our last game against Omaha; we didn't get the big hits," said Sounds catcher Humberto Cota, who drove Tike Redman home with the game's first run. Cota had a chance for a second RBI with his seventh-inning double to deep center field, but Memphis executed perfectly on defense to throw out Curtis Pride at home. "That completely changed the entire complexion of the game.

It was a perfect play on their part," Nashville Manager Marty Brown said. Memphis was ahead 3-1 at the time and blew the game open with Mike Coolbaugh's grand slam in the eighth. Coolbaugh's homer off Jim Dougherty the third Sounds pitcher of the inning came after Ivan Cruz was walked intentionally to load the bases with two outs. "Mike hadn't hit the ball very well against us," Brown said. "I didn't want Cruz beating me; he's done it too much.

You've just got to give Mike some credit." The grand slam was Coolbaugh's third this month, after accomplishing the feat in consecutive games against Iowa. Nashville managed just three hits against Memphis starter Woody Williams and three relievers before finally putting together a promising rally against Doug Nickle in the ninth. However, Luis Garcia struck out to end the comeback attempt. Sounds starter Salomon Torres, who threw a complete-game onehitter in his last start, took the loss despite pitching seven solid innings. www.tennessean.com THE TENNESSEAN Sunday, August 25, 2002 5C GOOD YEAR Gemini TIRE COMPANY DUNLOP GOOD YEAR KELLY IS TIRES GOOD YEAR GT QUALIFIER EAGLE GT II SAFARI SIR WRANGLER T- Rated All-Season Eagle Performance And Style All -Position, All- -Terrain Smooth Riding All- Weather Radial Performance Radial At A Great Price Truck Tire Capable Of Off-Highway Duties 11 linu 11 Starting al $4999 $5999 $5299 $8699 BSL $64.99 OWL $54.99 OWL 94.99 BSL $59.99 RWL $64.99 OWL $57.99 OWL 89.99 RWL $59.99 RWL $67.99 OWL $62.99 OWL $108.99 RWL.

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Rollie Fingers is the only other reliever in the Hall. Though he made his mark as a reliever, his best game came as a starter. On Sept. 20, 1958, while with the Baltimore Orioles, he pitched a no-hitter against the Yankees at old Memorial Stadium. Braves activate Remlinger: The Atlanta Braves activated reliever Mike Remlinger from the 15-day disabled list yesterday and optioned rookie right-hander Kevin Gryboski to Triple-A Richmond.

Remlinger had two strikeouts in one inning yesterday. "I was planning on doing it but he insisted he was ready," manager Bobby Cox said. "He's hugely important to our team. He's been the workhorse." Ramirez's streak ends: Manny MINOR LEAGUES Redbirds 7, Sounds 2 Next game: Today, vs. Memphis When: 2 p.m.

Game at a glance Losing pitcher: Salomon Torres (7-5). Big stick: Humberto Cota, 2-for-4, double, RBI. How they lost: In the seventh inning, Mike Coolbaugh hit a twoout grand slam off reliever Jim Dougherty. Memphis Meyers cf Clapp 2b Nunnally if Cruz 1b Coolbaugh Frank If McDonald Delgado ss Williams Jacome Stemle Newson ph Mathews Ortega ph Nickle Ohme Totals ab bi 4 1 2 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3b4 1 1 4 4 2 2 0 3 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 0000 0 0000 0 0 0 00 000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1000 0 0 000 0000 34 710 7 7, SOUNDS 2 Nashville ab bi Redman cf 2 2 1 Brown rf .00 Pride If 4 01 0 Cota 4 0 2 1 Secrist 3b 3 0 0 00 0 0 1 Post 2b 3 Pritchett 1b 3 0 0 Garcia ph 1 0 0 delaRosa ss3 0 0 Torres 2 0 Service 0000 0 Looney 0000 Dougherty p0 0 Rdmvich ph 1 0 0 Cedeno 0 0000 0 Totals 30 2 6 2 Memphis 000 011 140 7 10 0 Nashville 100 000 001 2 61 -Brown (2). DP -Memphis 1, Nashville 3.

LOBMemphis 2, Nashville 5. 2B -Frank (13), Cota (25). 3B -Frank (1). HR -Meyers (9), Coolbaugh (25). SB-Redman (15), Brown (21).

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