Let's pray baseball disaster plan never gets used.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Like the strategic plan for reacting to a nuclear strike, the folder lies somewhere under lock and key in a hidden vault at 245 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y.

Offices of the commissioner of baseball.

That's the way I picture it, anyway. For all I know, it's posted on the break room bulletin board. But don't count on it.

Call it the "Doomsday Plan."

Few even know it exists and no one likes to talk about it. It's one of those subjects that people may occasionally whisper about, but they do so while glancing over their shoulders to make sure no one is eavesdropping.

It is baseball's plan for restocking a team in the event of a major air catastrophe.

It is fair to assume that similar contingency plans are in place for the NFL, NHL and NBA.