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Subject: grizzlys in the nighttime
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Date: Thu, 30-Aug-84 12:54:01 EDT
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>Cubs fans, stop griping. Baseball is legally obligated to have weekday
>games played at night during the playoffs. Giving this guarantee
>netted each team (including the Cubs) an extra $700,000 over the life
>of the contract. Evidently, management did not think enough of the
>Cubs' prospects to insist upon a more flexible, and less lucrative,
>contract. 
>
>Thus, temporary lights are mandated should the Cubs hold on. Unless
>the Cubs prefer Comiskey...
>
>				David Rubin

Okay. I think its time I throw in my two cents worth.
The legal system as far as I know puts great emphasis on laws which
were passed first. Something about the precedence factor.

The cubs are legally obligated to play day baseball by law!!! Various
city ordances(sp?) come immediately to mind. This has been in effect as
long as I can remember. Now just because management makes a mistake with
their contract negotiations with the network(or must now pay the price
for not considering the cubs winning very realistically) does not mean
they can now gripe and try to break the law. THe networks just have more
foresight in considering all possibilities and protecting themselves.
I have no sympathy for baseball's management coming out on the short end.
Next year they will know better. The contract clearly states what the
consequences are for weekday day games. THe law states that there can only
be day games at Wrigley. Wrigley is where the cubs play. No where else.
Those are the breaks. Live and learn. You must abide by the law. 
You do agree, don't you? You said so yourself. 

Ignorance of the laws is no excuse. There is no law that weekday baseball
games must be played at night. And even if there suddenly was, it would be
null and void by preceeding laws. So rules the court.

Robert