MLB cancels first 2 series of the year as talks break down today
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There is a lot more important things going on in the world today than baseball.
I get it. But this is a sports forum. A brief break from this insane world for me.
That is literally true every single day of every single year since time began.
The game has sold out to the home run and the HR has become worthless with its cheapness... the stalwarts of the game (owners) were complicit in the steroid era.. and then fawned deception when the public crapped their pants over PED's~ they pretended outrage though they knew wholly of the problem... and then MLB bought Rawlings baseball manufacturer and created balls that were juiced.....initiating more fraud and tampering to sell the game in a highly competitive entertainment environment .. they have fostered the pervasive environment today where a combined boxscore reads something like this : 12 total hits ~ 6 home runs( 5 solo shots) and 31 combined K's b/c each and every pitcher that enters the game throws just like Nolan Ryan ~95-101 mph ~and therefore gets injured for two years in need of Tommy John surgery ... IF you collect baseball cards you know inherently or have at least heard thru the collecting grapevine that investing or collecting pitchers is a bad proposition until after they return from TJ surgery and establish a solid 8-10 years resume of elite stats at LEAST .... Thus the game is BORING as all heck. There is NO consistent or stimulating action ~you see the HR or K or ground out after ground out to any of the 6 outfielders ....Today Ozzie Smith could not get in to the HOF b/c he would be playing in the outfield most of the time and his acumen would be invisible. What SS's today are even hailed anymore for defense? I can watch a 3 hour movie and/or a 4 hour game of any kind as long as there is action....MLB has been utterly manipulated and stripped down in the chase of the almighty dollar. TV contracts have replaced the turnstile....I have been to many games in the last 5 years and rarely is a stadium full or even close..I often get there and look around and say "God where is everyone?" ... The game has lost its tradition and its identity.... The owners are an egregious lot of steroid endorsers until they get caught whether its Barry Bonds or a Rawlings ball that travels as though its injected with helium its all the same..... they know it and they hope you dont hold them accountable..... B/c they all know you will be back.... We are the suckers.
Just go ahead and cancel the season and see if anybody really cares. Pony league games are more entertaining. MLB has shot itself in the foot. Spoiled owners and entitled players have each met their match. As Pogo said, " we have met the enemy and it is us".
We are in pretty dangerous times compared to most previous world affairs
MLB and NBA could fold and it would be ok
Billionaires arguing with Millionaires who play a kid's game 3 hours a day.
I don't care if they ever play again, they're all greedy idiots...and guess who gets screwed in the end??
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I think you are both correct.