Pat Heier

They are Tom Brown, Kimberly-Clark; Pat Heier, Bank One; and Elisa Smith, Settle Inn.

Others, like Pat Heier of Neenah, were simply sad.

"I'm not very happy with what just transpired," said Heier, first vice president of Bank One Wisconsin."Why didn't they have a contingency plan for this?"

The tie took the shine off what was shaping up to be a nice distraction for baseball's faithful from recent talk about steroids and strikes.