Well, I’ve received a couple of dozen emails about Peter Ueberroth

now–and not a soul has anything good to say about him. Pompous,

a has-been, vain–that’s what I’m hearing. I’d had the vague

impression that at least Ueberroth had been a pretty good baseball

commissioner, but no. From a reader:

“Peter Ueberroth was probably one of the worst commissioners

baseball had in the modern era. He permitted the owners to collude

against the players in the course of player free agency, which

forced salaries down artificially. Eventually, the owners were

held accountable and forced to pay damages to the players affected.

The long term result was deeper mistrust between players and

owners, resulting ultimately in the 1994 strike that killed the

World Series.”

I’m still hoping to find a real conservative whose capabel of

breaking away from the pack, establishing himself as a viable

candidate in case Arnold falters. But Ueberroth? It looks as

though little me will have to keep searching….