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“I’m disappointed, very disappointed in the other owners, and I think as we go toward a new collective bargaining agreement, there’s going to have to be some sort of constraint put on because these other guys can’t control themselves,” he said”
Maybe I’m behind the curve on this one, but isn’t it time to ignore every assinine thing owners say or do about money? It’s their money. We all gave it to them, stupidly, by buying their cable tv services, or cell phones, or used cars, or beer, or fine art paintings, or whatever. And then we give it to them again by paying $6 for a Jumbo 16oz Coors Light.
Baseball Prospectus has found a sweet spot comparing overpriced players with comparables who could have been had for the minimum. It makes total sense to fantasy players, but clearly it means not much to the actual guys who pay the actual bills. They have grand plans, and they’re not going to let good sense get in the way of executing them (I’m thinking of you Jeff Moorad!).
So, do we care? I can’t see why. Let them spend, complain, moan. Let them ask for a salary cap and then let’s read them back the McClatchy quote from the top of this post. The owners have acted irresponsibly. They agreed to pay the money. The players couldn’t force them. They merely asked.
I keep wanting to get into all the bs that swirls around all this money, but I don’t want to stay up all night. The bottom line is this: We like watching games. We like watching the best players. We like baseball’s continuity. But no matter what happens (hockey’s sad fizzle does not compare) there will always be baseball. And we shouldn’t surrender our emotions or our good sense to these humbugging sad little selves who have bought themselves the greatest jobs in all of the world and then seem to spend most of their time complaining.
It is unseemly.