Bob Greene : D.C. pols should heed words of then-future MLB chief Giamatti during 1981 strike . Giamatti said public not interested in baseball 's `` squalid little squabbles '' Greene : " The players were the ones who had to be convinced that they could make a living playing baseball.'' Greene : If federal workers shut down government , there 'd be an uproar .
Bob Greene : D.C. pols should heed words of then-future MLB chief Giamatti during 1981 strike . Giamatti said public not interested in baseball 's `` squalid little squabbles '' Greene : Government leaders should be keepers of public trust . Greene : If federal workers shut down government , there 'd be an uproar .