To nail down commitments, Miller and Jessick hit the road for six weeks in the spring of 2000, calling on banks and bondholders.

FORBES: Looking Up--Maybe

Neither Kennedy nor Miller has been available for comment, as Congress is still on spring recess.

FORBES: Loan Justice?

They are Shawn Kelley, Cody Eppley, Jim Miller and minor league lefty Vidal Nuno, a heretofore unknown pitcher out of the independent leagues who has impressed this spring.

WSJ: Yankees Facing Multiple-Choice Test