Sell me on it , or whatever the hell else, is actually possible
In the end, it comes down to being an art form , how the game is played and the rules it is played by . At present it would appear that baseball and football is being played to a different set of rules without either hierarchy noticeably caring about the overall ramifications . MLB Commissioner Bud Selig in a passionate plea stated the case that he would not be rushed into a situation where he makes a decision into the possible suspension of many as twenty to forty Major League Baseball players . Thereby, quite possibly affecting the seasons of the teams were the players currently play. By contrast, team owners and general managers have yet to voice their concerns over the dilemma that is likely to be created . When as many as twenty players are likely to face a lengthy mandate suspension and without the team owners voicing their concerns , it simply shows the mindset within the game present , after more than two decades of calculated cheating taking place, wherein these owners shared lavishly in the spoils, by way of the tens of millions of dollars & that were reaped during that time span . If that were not enough , we also had the downright stupidity of fans , who came out with the rather ridiculous notion that the game of baseball should in essence, suborn cheating and the use of steroids within the game . Personally, I wonder if this would happen to be the very same idiots , who would condone the selling of hard narcotics (heroin & crack cocaine) to children by drug dealers outside school grounds ? The simple stupidity and complete lack of intelligence of the sports` fan nowadays is just beyond belief !
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In the aftermath of the MLB All Star Game , teams will now resume the second half of their seasons , now under not so much pressure , with Bud Selig revealing in part that , he has not yet come to a decision where suspensions will be imposed upon the players associated in the Biogenesis scandal . There now seems to a clear disconnect between reality and what is morally and ethically right, and how Selig now oversees Major League Baseball. In what appears to be the game`s highest ranking executive , caving into the whims of the owners and Players` Union (MLBPA) . Bud Selig is now seems to be showing that he does in fact have a yellow streak running down is spine . A man, who does not possess the courage, to carry out his own convictions, while appearing to create the perception, that he does have things under control. If anything, he believes that is legacy and tenure, is one that has kept the game intact , as he seeks to step down from his current role in 2014 . To my mind, his departure cannot come around soon enough ! If nothing else, tis decision further demeans the season and it also allows these players to further profit financially from their misdeeds . And it looks if baseball is once again out kick itself in the ass and still come out smiling as if noting has actually happened .
Courtesy of Bloomberg News
Bud Selig’s Dopey Pursuit of Baseball Juicers
By Johnathan Mahler , Bloomberg News
Major League Baseball has put off its plans to suspend players linked to the Biogenesis doping scandal. Instead of announcing the punishments right after the All-Star Game, as anticipated, suspensions are now expected to come sometime next month. By the time all of the appeals and arbitration hearings have taken place, we could be eating turkey and watching football.
Biogenesis is the South Florida anti-aging clinic run by the now infamous sketch-ball Tony Bosch. The news earlier this year that it allegedly provided human growth hormone and other banned substances to a number of major leaguers has brought Commissioner Bud Selig to the brink of handing down baseball’s largest collection of suspensions since the 1919 Black Sox scandal .
I suppose it’s a good thing that Selig has decided a little more due diligence is in order before he makes history on the back of a cooperating witness who makes Brian McNamee look like a stand-up guy. The problem is that baseball has already declared the players in question guilty. The investigation is not a quest for justice; it’s part of a protracted negotiation with the players union that’s almost certain to end with players being suspended for using performance-enhancing drugs without any positive test results or credible evidence of their guilt.
How could this happen? Because Selig desperately wants revenge on Ryan Braun and Alex Rodriguez; it’s as though their continuing freedom from punishment is personally mocking him. More generally, he wants desperately to avoid being remembered as the commissioner who not only allowed baseball’s steroid scandal to take place but also failed to bring it to heel. All of this desperate desire hasn’t just clouded Selig’s judgment; it has completely overtaken it.
The dubious manner in which baseball has handled its “investigation” — buying documents and filing suit against the aforementioned cooperator in order to enlist him into service — is bad. But the ramifications of actually following through with this farce may be worse.
I’ve never seen any opinion polls on this, but at this point I’d bet that most baseball fans are a lot less bothered by the possibility that particular players are using PEDs than they are by the commissioner’s obsession with ridding the game of them. The existence of performance-enhancing drugs in the game of baseball remains such a big deal partly because the game of baseball continues to insist on making them such a big deal. To the extent that baseball fans do care about players using PEDs, the Biogenesis case is, at bottom, an acknowledgement that the game’s drug-testing regime doesn’t work. Suspending players in the absence of positive tests doesn’t prove anything so much as the fact that baseball has failed to bring this whole steroid thing to heel.
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Insomuch, as the All Star Game was meant to have some meaning. In light of the fact that we had participants associated with the ongoing scandal. To my mind , the event was demeaned by their being allowed to play . Besides, the whole voting process just happens to be one big joke to begin, with it being noting more than a popularity contest .
Friday , sets the ball rolling, as to the resumption of the season, with a number of divisional races seemingly up for grabs . One of the early questions that could very well be answered will be whether or not the Pittsburgh Pirates can stay in close contact with the St Louis Cardinals and somehow deprive them from winning the NL Central . Clint Hurdle and his staff must now wrestle with the demons of the past, that has repeatedly seen the Pirates fall by the wayside , leaving their fans with a great deal of angst. With Pittsburgh resuming its schedule with an away game against the Cincinnati Reds at the Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati , Ohio, It will be interesting to see how prepared Hurdle`s players will be , as they take on a divisional rival .
For Mike Matheny and the St Louis Cardinals , they now seem to be the best team in the National League , which is reflected in their record (57-36) and their 7-3 run in their last ten games . Since assuming the role as manager from Tony La Russa . The young manager seems to have found his footing amongst his peers and he does seem to be getting a great deal of respect from some of the more experienced managers around the league. . I would certainly like to think that Matheny is in the running for NL Manager of The Year Award , but much of that I believe will be predicated upon the team finishes the season and quite possibly , whether or not they do end up winning their division . And one of the primary reasons behind the Cardinals` success this season , has been the all-round effort of the team in terms their pitching and offense , of which they rank amongst the top in National League as well as MLB overall. Leading the way for the team from an offensive standpoint are , Carlos Beltran , Allen Craig , Yadier Molina , Matt Holliday , Matt Carpenter and David Freese . As usual a dependable pitching staff also has a role to play. With seasoned veteran Adam Wainwright , Lance Lynn and Jake Westbrook , Jaime Garcia and Tyler Lyons leading what might just be one of the best starting lineups at present in the Big Leagues . It would be remiss also not to include the efforts of the team`s closer Edward Mujica and the terrific season that he is said to be having , with 26 saves .
Next up for the St Louis Cardinals will be a home game against the lowly San Diego Padres to be played at Busch Park , in St Louis , Missouri. On the mound for the Cardinals will be Jake Westbrook , who will be facing the Padres` Jason Marquis . . The Padres will be looking to put the first half of their season in their rear view mirror , as they still remain deeply rooted at the bottom of the NL West with a 42-54 record . In a division, where four of the five occupants are no better than a .500 record . The Arizona Diamondbacks leads those occupants with a mid-season mark of 50-45 (.526) . All of this, is all the more bewildering because fans seem to be excited over the recent resurgence of the Los Angeles Dodgers(47-47) , who are still playing .500 ball in spite of the heroics of their rookie sensation Yasiel Puig . Am I actually missing something here concerning a ball-club with an almost $220 million payroll who were expected to contend for divisional supremacy and a great deal more ? As things now stand, if the Dodgers do fail to win the division or gain one of the two possible wildcard berths . Then in all probability, the entire managerial staff is likely to be shown the door by team President Stan Kasten , with GM Ned Colletti joining beleaguered manager , Don Mattingly .
For the Los Angeles Dodgers the second half of the season must begin anew , with several of their players who have been on the disabled list due to return to the lineup. The influx of that experience , along with the exuberance provided by Yasiel Puig, could go a long way in determining whether or not this team ultimately has what it takes to succeed . They will begin with a three-game series against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Ballpark in Washington , DC , starting this Friday . Taking the mound for the Dodgers will be Ricky Nolasco against the Nationals` starting ace Stephen Strasburg , in what is sure to be a highly entertaining game .
Strasburg is now in the final year of a four-year $15.1 million deal and will become an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season . The Nationals and in particular GM Mike Rizzo , and team owner , Ted Lerner , know that the organization can ill-afford to lose a player of Stephen Strasburg`s status , who along with Bryce Harper , are viewed to be the cornerstone of the Nationals` long and short-term future. Strasburg`s agent , Scott Boras is likely to drive a hard bargain , as he seeks to get the maximum deal possible for his young client , who is deemed one of the league`s brightest young pitching prospects .
In the AL , for much of the first-half of the season , the topic of discussion has been the play of the Baltimore Orioles` ….. Chris Davis and the fact that he leads the Majors in home runs (37) . Doubters , believe that a player , who for the first time in 2012 hit more than thirty home runs, is now projected to hit sixty-three for this season . My own belief, is that Davis will fall short of that target , while being in the running for the AL MVP . These doubters may have the inclination that Davis` own feats are mirroring that of former Orioles` player Brady Anderson, who in 1996 hit a career-high fifty home runs for the season. Prior to and subsequent to that year, Anderson had never reached that career peak in home runs. The common belief was that he may well have one of the common beneficiaries of steroid use . Albeit, that he never tested positive, once baseball`s steroid testing policy was introduced and then initiated. As to the testing protocols themselves, I still believe them to be archaic and still susceptible to cheating ! Chris Davis continues to profess his innocence, but the player as never once been critical of is players known to have cheated , or spoken publicly on the recent Biogenesis scandal and the spate of players now embroiled the game`s latest controversy .
Baltimore`s own ambitions this season, appear to be making the AL East division less of a two-horse race and more of a three-way suspenseful thriller, as they, the Tampa Bay and Boston Red Sox vie for divisional supremacy . The New York Yankees (51-44) , with the game`s biggest payroll , currently sits in fourth place within the division, just ahead of the last placed Toronto Blue Jays (45-49) . The Yankees` troubles notwithstanding , their constant belief that throwing money at a problem will be the best solution to an issue , seems to have cast doubts now on the prospective chances of the team actually gaining a post-season berth. They are already 6 ½ games out of first place, behind their heated rivals the Boston Red Sox . New York Yankees` manager Joe Girardi is under immense pressure to succeed , whereas , the team`s fans , ever more loyal , seemingly oblivious it would appear , as to the ball-club`s ongoing issues on an off the field of play .
Derek Jeter`s long-awaited return for his first start of the season was short-lived, as the player re-injured himself in his first game back . And beleaguered third baseman Alex Rodriguez , having come off in season surgery , is now toiling in the Minors , waiting for the call-up and thereby seeking to justify the $32 million salary he is due this season . Over the past three seasons there is nothing to remotely suggest Rodriguez`s contributions to the Yankees merits his outlandish contract or salary . Yet, this continues to be the all too asinine philosophy that baseball continues to live under with the owners and general managers believing that this type of business mantra serves it best .
New York will be the guests of the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts over the next three days, starting on Friday. The two opposing pitchers will be Andy Pettite of the New York Yankees against Felix Doubront of the Red Sox. . And these series have always been highly entertaining, no matter what the environment might be for these two historic franchises .
Baseball continues to use creative accounting to hide many of its financial woes, which in essence, came about with escalating salaries and this constant need for general managers try to outdo one another in escalated bidding wars, for players who in recent years have failed to live up to the consistency expected . A clear case in point, can be made with the likes of, Alex Rodriguez, Carlos Beltran , Johan Santana , Josh Hamilton, Vernon Wells , Alfonso Soriano , and Barry Zito . Yet, through his own short-sightedness Bud Selig continues to maintain , that in large part, baseball remains a viable concern for the majority of the league`s teams. If only that were true, and baseball`s financial records were opened up for close public scrutiny. Unfortunately, that will never be the case, as long as the owners have their way and they are afforded antitrust exempt status by the US Congress .
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In light of what you have witnessed during the first half of the season, what if anything are you most looking forward to ? Which teams or players do you believe will have the biggest impact during the second half of the MLB schedule ? Finally, are of you of the opinion that Bud Selig simply made the decision to postpone any suspensions until after the upcoming season , because pressure was brought to bear upon the hierarchy by the owners and players` union ? Simply leave a comment as you see fit on this and anything else you believe pertinent to the subject matter .
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(1) MLB Commissioner Bud Selig , whose indecision over suspending players involved in the Biogenesis scandal does seem to have demeaned the season and its remaining schedule . The MLB hierarchy , it is being reported has purchased documentation from parties of the now defunct South Florida supplements` company Biogenesis . In doing so , this does compromise the league`s ongoing investigation and its integrity. It must now be said that this sort incompetency should have been expected from baseball`s governing body and the lack of actual common sense and intelligence coming from anyone within baseball`s upper echelons . AFP/Thomson News Agency / Christian Asher ……
(2) National Leagues Yadier Molina , right, of the St. Louis Cardinals, helps American Leagues Robinson Cano , of the New York Yankees, off the field after he was hit on the knee by pitch from National Leagues Matt Harvey, of the New York Mets, during the first inning of the MLB All-Star baseball game , on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, in New York. AP Photo/Matt Slocum …
(3) American League’s Mariano Rivera , of the New York Yankees, poses for photographers after the MLB All-Star baseball game, on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, in New York. Rivera was named the game’s MVP. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II …
(4) American League’s Joe Nathan , right, of the Texas Rangers, is congratulated by American League’s Salvador Perez , of the Kansas City Royals, after the final out in the ninth inning of the MLB All-Star baseball game, on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, in New York. The American League defeated the National League 3-0 . AP Photo/Matt Slocum …
(5) Mike Matheny is seen here having just been formally introduced as the manager of te St Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium , in St Louis Missouri,. Matheny succeeded Tony La Russa and has guided the team to the top of the NL Central with the ball-club having the best record in the National League . The Cardinals` manager is seen in some circles as a potential NL Manager of The Year . Getty Images / Paul Pearson …
(6) Bryce Harper , left , is seen here alongside teammate Stephen Strasburg . Both players in their first four seasons with the Washington Nationals have become All Star selections , as well-being fan favorites around te league as well with the Nationals` organization . It remains to be seen whether or not te duo will be around together long enough to guide the Washington Nationals to their first World Series title . Harper and Strasburg are both clients of mega-agent Scott Boras , a man known to drive a hard bargain with executives around Major League Baseball . AP Photo /Clark Marshall ….
(7) New York Mets` pitcher Johan Santana is seen here with manager Terry Collins after the player threw a no-hitter against the St Louis Cardinals in the Mets` 8-0 victory over the NL Central team on the 1st June 2012 . In recent years, Sanatana`s career with Mets has proven to be something of a major disappointment with the player having spent more time on the DL (disabled list) than he has been on the playing field for the New York Mets` franchise . The pitcher is currently the highest paid player on the Mets` roster , further underscoring the current mentally of the front office and of former GM Omar Minaya who signed the player to what can best described as an utterly stupid and undeserved deal (six-year $137,500,000) . AP Photo/ Paul Davis ….
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MLB divisional standings and wildcard standings
MLB schedule 19th July and probable starting pitchers (07/19/2013)
This day in baseball history and on the nineteenth .
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Can I get a what what ? Or in plainer context . What the fu#k is Bud Selig up to ? It is clear that the commissioner`s dumb @ss has no idea how to use te rule of law , much less seek legal advice from within baseball`s own legal quarters as to how best to go about obtaining any information needed , in order to prove the veracity of the case against the players said to embroiled in the Biogenesis scandal .
Who in their right mind pays a possible defendant , money , in order to prove their case against another / third party ? Never mind the fact that the recipient in question is currently under investigation by the US Justice Department for trafficking in narcotics , wit quite possibly a RICO Act to be lodged against Biogenesis company founder Anthony `Tony` Bosch .
Bud Selig`s dumb @ss is definitely showing his age as well as his complete lack of intelligence .
This MLB season is , and has been already demeaned and devalued ! Anyone who clearly believes to te contrary , simply does not give a damn about te game and the fact that the cheaters will be allowed to earn a living , while they are actually defaming what little integrity is said to be left in the game and at the same time defrauding the fans . Yet , the vast majority of fans will remain oblivious to that fact , ____________ in reality , they remain completely anal retentive and apathetic . .
` I am a man of extraordinary means , I have been known to shove my foot in my @ss and then my mouth, repeatedly, and coming across looking like a complete clown . But enough about me . How many of you were enthralled by Tuesday night`s All Star Game ? I believe it was a great spectacle for the fans in New York . Especially for those Mets` fans who wouldn`t know how to spell the word win , much less spot a winner ` . Bud Selig
Selig believes it best to deal with the issue after the post-season has ended . The MLB Commissioner now has his head stuck so far up is own @ss , that he could not tell you whether or not it was night or day .
The Cardinals will run away with the NL Central , because they are not being seriously challenged by anyone within the division at present .
One , if not both of these managers could very well end up losing their jobs at the end of tis season because of te heightened expectations at the beginning of the year for both the Dodgers and Yankees . New York is in world of trouble at present and all of those off season acquisitions now seem to ave cooled off in teir play. Joe Girardi may well be on the clock , albeit , . that there has been no formal announcement from GM Brian Cashman or either of the Steinbenners , Hank and Hal Steinbrenner .
As to the Dodgers , in spite of the …… heroics of Yasiel Puig , this team is not as good as they appear to be on paper . Their record (47-47 [.500]) is unimpressive and they are still barely playing .500 baseball . Yet fans are trying to make them out to be real contenders . Really ? Their recent win steak was interesting , but let`s be real, look at te teams they were playing and then tell me what was meant to so impressive about it all ?
The teams in the NL West ave been an embarrassment to the game this season. Four of the five occupants in the division now have records of .500 or less . And that was what fans were hanging their hats on in terms of the Los Angeles Dodgers ? WTF ! LOL,LOL,LOL !!!
Los Angeles Dodgers` team overall stats
Johan Santana , another reason why it doesn`t pay to overpay for someone who is now nowhere near as good , as was once advertised . One no-hitter doesn`t change the world and the Mets` front office and coaching staff should remember that as a fact .
MLB standings 2012/07/19 and wildcard standings one year ago as of 07/19/2013
MLB results 07/19/2012 and starting pitchers on the day
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I’ll be interested to see if the Rays can contend until the end. With the injuries and patchwork lineup they trot out every game it is a wonder they are still in the chase. If they make the playoffs it will be because they have the craftiest manager in baseball.
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aero
What seems to have kept the Rays in the hunt , is that beyond the Red Sox , none of the so-called serious contenders in the AL East have been playing with any real confidence or consistency . And you`re right concerning the team`s injuries , as they ave not proven to be too decisive .
Once they get Alex Cobb back and we see more confidence from Chris Archer , then we could see the team perhaps surprise the rest of their divisional rivals . But I do believe that the division will be two-horse race between the Red Sox and Orioles . This season , by far in way , they have been the two best teams in te division , not just record-wise but because of their respective competitiveness on all fronts .
“I do believe you are right The Rays are a team deserving of more attention from my office . Where are they located in Florida “ ? Bud Selig
Bud Selig sends his regards , and looks forward to any comments and suggestions that you might have concerning his leadership of the Major League Baseball hierarchy . At $25 million a year , I believe that the commissioner has been vastly overpaid , having achieved noting of note during his tenure !
Have a great weekend and my regards to you and the rest of family !
tophatal …………….
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I just put up yet another post on Selig, Al.
I mean, what do we have to do to get rid of this guy. It’s been long enough.
http://sportschump.net/2013/07/19/bud-selig-well-i-never/11917/
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Chris Humpherys
2014 cannot come around soon enough , so that the departure of Bud Selig is a reality altogether and all too permanent , as far as I am concerned !
As commissioner , he as proven that he doesn`t have a head for business much less anything else that involves the game . The guy as simply been a pompous buffoon and an ass ! Now we will have these on-air personalities trying to analyze it all , without actually, they themselves coming up with anything sensible , by way of a solution .
The likes of Joe Buck , Tim McCarver , Buster Olney and Tim Kurkjian ave no credibility when it comes to the sport and their analysis as to what ails te game .
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This is same old bullshit over and over again. MLB, NFL,NBA, and the rest is a blight on society. Honour amoung theives. I am the point let kill themelves by their own hand. MLB and the rest Suicide on the installment plan. Have at it.
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bobby gee
The leadership hierarchies within baseball , hockey , football (NFL) and the NBA are now being ran by incompetent buffoons . And quite possibly the biggest amongst them all is Bud Selig . I mean , simply look at this latest decision and what it means in terms of the remainder of the season . It is clear that the commissioner , in his own asinine way is suborning the cheating of the players with tis latest decision and then allowing the teams to financially profit from it all .
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yet these don’t see the finanical ruin that is about to hit that will take everyone down.
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bobby
There is so much much corruption within the game of baseball aided and abetted by te union , team owners and baseball hierarchy that the fans are either oblivious to it all or simply stupid , because all they seem to be yearning for the bygone years of old . Not that it was much better then, with the seedy behavior and the bigotry that remained within the game until there was full integration , with players from different ethnic backgrounds .
This postseason no matter who wins must be considered as a year in which the champions will ave to be viewed as deserving of having an asterisk to denote not only the demeaning of the series` win itself , but also of the season itself , in full . .
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Almost two decades of incompetency by Bud Selig and the broadcast outlets still continue to kiss his dumb ass . Most notably , ESPN , Fox Sports and TNT/TBS ! And undoubtedly , Bud Selig will continue to use the MLB Network as his propaganda pulpit to espouse his continued stupidity , as it relates to the game of baseball !
I do not believe that anything desirable can not come out of this baseball season ! It as been diminished by an all too ridiculous stance by Bud Selig who clearly cannot see the damage and irreparable harm that has been done to the game by the steroid cheaters within the game . Nothing that this commissioner has done over the past decade has emboldened the game or even made it better and that includes the delusion of the wild-card format .
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I think Selig has made a few changes that benefit the game, but MLB keeps fooling itself into believing that there’s nothing wrong with their product. They need a massive overhaul in their steroids policy and need to make an adjustment on how much they pay players. And also make some changes to game to make it more exciting.
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Maurice Barksdale
What are the changes that you believe Bud Selig has brought to the game of baseball , that have been truly of benefit to the fans and the game of baseball in general ? The wild-card format ? A salary cap system that is so asinine an ludicrous that even the team owners and general managers simply have no use for it , in terms of creating a balanced landscape for the game from a competitive or economic balance ? A drug testing policy that is so far behind the times that it is a complete farce ?
Over two hundred players at the Minor and Major League level of the game have been caught , but that still has not deterred the cheaters within the game .
Need I remind you also that the current CBA (collective bargaining agreement ) gives the MLBPA (union) and its director Michael Weiner almost unprecedented leverage and power .
So again , I ask you what has Selig brought the game , that to your mind has been of any real benefit ?
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Paying players these massive contracts doesn’t help increase the popularity of the game either, so I don’t understand why MLB does it. Even average players are being awarded contracts that one might think only superstar players should be paid. Unless they make a change, MLB will only continue to hemorrhage money.
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Maurice
The moment that Albert Belle became the first player to be paid $10 million a year . That was the moment, everyone should have taken note that the game was in for a massive downturn in terms of its economic landscape but also its competitiveness . Small-market teams can no longer compete with the big market teams who have all of the major money and revenues pouring in . Never mind this idiocy amongst fans who believe that all of the teams share equally with regard to the revenues . That is simply the biggest fallacy within the game and it actually shows the ignorance and stupidity of those who actually call themselves fans and who are said to be knowledgeable about baseball .
$20 million a year salaries are now being thrown around like confetti at a wedding celebration and in large part , few if any of those players are actually deserving of earning that type of contract much less that type of an annual salary .
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Think the whole damn thing of sports is corrupt. Football, Basketball, etal.
Games need to be boycotted….but that will never happen……
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al clements
Bud Selig has been the ruination of baseball over the past decade-and-half . In all that time few , if any of his ideas , have truly benefited the game , at all .
tophatal ………..
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The Bud Era has definitely been underwhelming…bordering on disastrous. I can’t believe people still buy MLB season tickets. A game or two every now and then fine but season tickets to support these astronomical salaries? Ridiculous.
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Drew
Selig`s tenure has been abysmal and the fact that the broadcast outlets have not had the temerity to question it. Well, it shows me also that they also have a credibility and integrity issue ! Baseball now , has become a complete farce during Bud Selig`s reign .
Now also have the idiocy concerning A Rod and the fact that he is now back on the Yankees` DL .
Personally, I do not believe that the front office ever wants the player … wearing a New York Yankees` uniform ever again ! Even if they do owe him $104 million . I truly believe that they ought to simply cut their ties with the player once and for all !
tophatal ……………….
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Things Bud Selig could do to make baseball an the world a better place . The commissioner should contemplate suicide .
tophatal …………
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