Thread: Baseball is dead

Cesar tore it up for the Dodgers...Not just his elbow.

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

Baseball has forever been my favorite sport. it's what I did as a kid and what I always loved most. It's what got me into college and what almost became my profession. When I was married, I would even often joke that I was married to baseball and had a wife on the side.

However...all that has changed. Over the past few weeks, we've seen the New York Yankees prove that they have a complete monopoly on the baseball world. NO ONE...not even the Red Sox can compete with the financial power that the Yankees have.

Today the Yankees signed slugger Mark Teixiera to a contract valued at more than 170 million dollars. That puts their current off-season spending in the range of a HALF OF A BILLION DOLLARS. There is no team in major league baseball that can come close to matching that kind of money.

The Yankees have made a mockery of this beloved game and the powers of Major League Baseball have done nothing but sit back and allow it to happen. It has become apparent that no one seems to care about the fans of this game, so as of today, they have lost one fan after 30 years

I blame all the peurto ricans. They love the Yankees.

Originally Posted by claymore

I blame all the peurto ricans. They love the Yankees.

It can't possibly be their fault, they are poor.

I bet its the Jews.

Originally Posted by MissouriBronc

It can't possibly be their fault, they are poor.

I bet its the Jews.

Thats kinda racisist statement isnt it MO?

Originally Posted by claymore

Thats kinda racisist statement isnt it MO?

Any more than yours?

Originally Posted by MissouriBronc

Any more than yours?

puerto rico is like a state. Its like me saying the yankees exist cause of new yorkers.

You were saying that religion A. supported Team x.

Originally Posted by claymore

puerto rico is like a state. Its like me saying the yankees exist cause of new yorkers.

You were saying that religion A. supported Team x.

Man, can you hijack a thread, or what.

The Yankees Suck.

Hank Steinbrenner can kiss my ass.

Gaymore, mention your balls if you are going to truly hijack a thread.

Mark Teixiera is greedy.

I'm a poor Reds fan that doesn't stand a chance. Baseball has soured me for the last several years.

We need to combine Tampa Bay, Toronto, and Baltimore into one superteam to beat the Yankees and Red Sox.

We can call them the "Baltimore Devil Jays".

Originally Posted by cswil

Gaymore, mention your balls if you are going to truly hijack a thread.

Gaymore

Originally Posted by claymore

I blame all the peurto ricans. They love the Yankees.

Alex Rodriguez makes more money in one year than all the other Rodriguezes in the whole United States.

I agree with the sentiments. Baseball was what I loved through Middle and High School. I loved pitching, I loved fielding and playing first base. I loved the hit and runs and the sac bunts. If I wouldn't have threw out my arm (and my rotator cuff) I would have played college ball.

Despite all that, I find myself caring less and less for the MLB every year. It was just 7 years ago I would stay up late every night to catch Baseball Tonight, enjoying every minute of it. Now I never update my fantasy baseball teams and finish last every year. I was thrilled that the Brewers even got a playoff spot, but I don't even pretend to think that they will get one this year.

All-in-all, MLB sucks, and I'd almost rather watch the NBA...which is pretty damning.

I have thought for years and continue to think...baseball has to have a cap.

The best players may still go to the teams like the yankees but they won't beable to afford all of them under the cap.

Baseball needs to get more competative. We still have the teams like the Twins, Rockies, Marlins, etc seem to come out of the basment here and there to challange for crowns but it is just not often enough.

I frankly get sick of hearing about the Soz and Yankees all the time and while there is no cap that who you will always be hearing about.