The NYT's David Carr, analyzing the endgame of the writers' strike:
Will the studios stick to their new vows of restraint? Perhaps there’s an instructive comparison with another business run by big egos in search of talent, Major League Baseball.I'd still rather see a movie directed by Ted Lilly than one by Michael Bay. Posted by Stephen Silver at February 13, 2008 01:22 AMEvery few years, the baseball owners announce that there’s a new austerity in the air and that they won’t overspend on players. But just before spring training starts, they get nervous and suddenly a pitcher like Ted Lilly — the baseball equivalent of an assistant gag writer on “Two and a Half Men” — gets something like $10 million.