Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, March 22, 1991 TAG: 9103220398
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LIVE OAK, FLA. LENGTH: Short
The Live Oak Gray Ghosts, a Little League baseball team, sent the minimum $1 waiver fee to the Kansas City Royals and put in a claim for major-league outfielder Bo Jackson.
So has a Seattle radio station. It wants Jackson for its softball team.
Only a major-league team can put in a waiver claim, but that hasn't stopped the wishful thinkers or the publicity minded.
"We understand it's tongue-in-cheek," Royals spokesman Steve Fink said. He added that the club reminds those making offers that "the big question is where are they going to come up with the other $2.5 million" to pay Jackson's salary.
Jackson, who also plays football for the NFL's Los Angeles Raiders, has a hip injury that could end his professional sports career. The Royals waived him this week.
Gray Ghosts coach Daniel McKeever raised the $1 from his team members.
McKeever said Jackson must follow the same rules as his other players.
"Please advise Mr. Jackson that practice is on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays and a missed practice means he will not start in Saturday's game," he wrote in a letter to the Royals. "He will have to supply his own jockstrap, cleats, glove and one baseball."
by CNB