MLB Commissioner Bud Selig was told by health officials in 15 cities that baseball should not associate itself with smokeless tobacco, "a product that causes disease and death." (Associated Press)
FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2011 file photo, former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens leaves federal court in Washington. Clemens says he's eager to defend himself in federal court this summer. The seven-time Cy Young winner says prosecutors have damaged the reputations of others as they've tried to prove that he lied to a congressional committee about alleged steroid use. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Joe Torre looks on during a news conference to announce his new position as Major League Baseball's Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
FILE - This Oct. 27, 2010, file photo shows former Major League Baseball manager Joe Torre speaking before President Barack Obama arrives at an event marking Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the East Room of the White House in Washington. A person with knowledge of the appointment says Torre has been hired as Major League Baseball's executive vice president of baseball operations. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, because commissioner Bud Selig isn't expected to formally introduce Torre until Saturday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
FILE - In this file photo taken Dec. 8, 2010, Chicago White Sox general manager Ken Williams speaks with the media during the Major League Baseball's winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Williams said Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, he's not backing down from his comments that $30 million-per-season contracts would be bad for baseball and he'd support a work stoppage to bring fiscal sanity. (AP Photo/Roberto Gonzalez, File)
Graphic shows 2010 payrolls for the 30 Major League Baseball teams
Graphic shows average salaries in Major League Baseball from 1970-
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, center, accompanied by his lawyers, Michael Attanasio, left, and Rusty Hardin, arrives at court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, for an interim status conference on charges he lied to Congress when he denied taking steroids or other performance enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi speaks to reporters at Major League Baseball's winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Roberto Gonzalez)
