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Mr 5 0 · 08-30-2002, 08:48 AM

Andy669:

I'm not a fan, just a casual observer but as baseball is a large part of the American sports scene and much in the news right now, some of us take a mild interest in it.

I haven't memorized 100 years of stats and don't know any of the players except the big names but I see, as others do, a bunch of mega-millionaires - on both sides - killing what was once a great sport. Too bad.

Unit:

I heard it said on a radio sports show that attendance went up after the last strike. I can't prove it and it doesn't sound logical but since when have most sports fans been logical?

I agree with most of your acid observations on various professional sports. I have always believed that sports - in general - are given way too much importance in America (and elsewhere). However, that's what people want and so, they shall have it, including the juiced up near-middle-aged mega-millionaires posing as athletes, the basketball gangstas, etc. Then we have Mike Tyson.

Well, I commented on the strike to see what response I would get and I made no pretense to having any real knowledge of the fine points and while I learned a bit more, it still seems stupid and both sides appear as greedy as I assumed they were.

Hey, I'm a capitalist and I have no trouble with players raking in all they can get...owners too...but the abuse of the paying fan (absurd ticket prices, drugged up arrogant players who think they are gods) is simply stupid and deserves the criticism it receives here and elsewhere.

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08-30-2002, 08:48 AM	#34
Mr 5 0 Conservative Individualist Join Date: May 1997 Location: Wherever I need to be Posts: 7,487	More Baseball Andy669: I'm not a fan, just a casual observer but as baseball is a large part of the American sports scene and much in the news right now, some of us take a mild interest in it. I haven't memorized 100 years of stats and don't know any of the players except the big names but I see, as others do, a bunch of mega-millionaires - on both sides - killing what was once a great sport. Too bad. Unit: I heard it said on a radio sports show that attendance went up after the last strike. I can't prove it and it doesn't sound logical but since when have most sports fans been logical? I agree with most of your acid observations on various professional sports. I have always believed that sports - in general - are given way too much importance in America (and elsewhere). However, that's what people want and so, they shall have it, including the juiced up near-middle-aged mega-millionaires posing as athletes, the basketball gangstas, etc. Then we have Mike Tyson. Well, I commented on the strike to see what response I would get and I made no pretense to having any real knowledge of the fine points and while I learned a bit more, it still seems stupid and both sides appear as greedy as I assumed they were. Hey, I'm a capitalist and I have no trouble with players raking in all they can get...owners too...but the abuse of the paying fan (absurd ticket prices, drugged up arrogant players who think they are gods) is simply stupid and deserves the criticism it receives here and elsewhere. .