Comments on: Baseball is dead to me http://www.bryanbuchs.com/2008/03/baseball-is-dead-to-me/ Keepin' it moving since 2003! Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:12:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta3 hourly 1 By: Bryan Buchs http://www.bryanbuchs.com/2008/03/baseball-is-dead-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Bryan Buchs Fri, 23 May 2008 14:29:27 +0000 http://www.bryanbuchs.com/?p=341#comment-509 Yep, it's just a few months until NFL training camps start... and fantasy football season! Yep, it’s just a few months until NFL training camps start… and fantasy football season!

]]> By: Chris http://www.bryanbuchs.com/2008/03/baseball-is-dead-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-508 Chris Thu, 22 May 2008 20:19:51 +0000 http://www.bryanbuchs.com/?p=341#comment-508 Amen. I grew up watching the Pirates every spring in Florida and used to play the game. But the way MLB is rigged for the big markets is outrageous, unsportsmanlike, and un-American. I'm just waiting for football season to start! Amen. I grew up watching the Pirates every spring in Florida and used to play the game. But the way MLB is rigged for the big markets is outrageous, unsportsmanlike, and un-American. I’m just waiting for football season to start!

]]> By: chuck http://www.bryanbuchs.com/2008/03/baseball-is-dead-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-468 chuck Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:53:37 +0000 http://www.bryanbuchs.com/?p=341#comment-468 I agree with Doug's point about the Florida and Kansas Citys. In a perfect world, baseball would just retract those teams. I agree with Doug’s point about the Florida and Kansas Citys. In a perfect world, baseball would just retract those teams.

]]> By: chuck http://www.bryanbuchs.com/2008/03/baseball-is-dead-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-467 chuck Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:53:16 +0000 http://www.bryanbuchs.com/?p=341#comment-467 I hear you, Bry. Baseball kind of screwed itself by taking a stand against the Players' Union through canceling the World Series, then backing down by not starting that next season with replacement players. That, in my opinion, was their only chance of getting the salary cap instituted. If that whole situation would have ended with the players agreeing to a cap (and the parity that would have resulted from it), fans would have forgiven the canceled series and the partial year with replacement players. Instead the series cancel was for nothing which rightfully pissed alot of people off. By the way, the Monteal Expos got royally screwed that year, as they would have easily cruised though the playoffs and won that World Series. Anyway, I still love baseball. It's your loss, Grandpa Buchs. I hear you, Bry.

Baseball kind of screwed itself by taking a stand against the Players’ Union through canceling the World Series, then backing down by not starting that next season with replacement players. That, in my opinion, was their only chance of getting the salary cap instituted. If that whole situation would have ended with the players agreeing to a cap (and the parity that would have resulted from it), fans would have forgiven the canceled series and the partial year with replacement players. Instead the series cancel was for nothing which rightfully pissed alot of people off.

By the way, the Monteal Expos got royally screwed that year, as they would have easily cruised though the playoffs and won that World Series.

Anyway, I still love baseball. It’s your loss, Grandpa Buchs.

]]> By: Doug B http://www.bryanbuchs.com/2008/03/baseball-is-dead-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Doug B Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:53:11 +0000 http://www.bryanbuchs.com/?p=341#comment-466 Bryan - I shae your concern re: the salary cap and the steroid issue (the 94 WS cancellation didn't have a lasting effect on me), however baseball has never been better from an attendance and revenue standpoint - hence, no changes on the horizon. As for the cap, I blame the Royals and Marlins of the world far more than I do the Yankees. Those franchises (and others) are given huge payouts from the luxury tax pool and stil refuse to invest in talent. Drives me nuts. By the way, your Brewers are going to the Series this year and you are going to be watching from the sidleines!! Bryan - I shae your concern re: the salary cap and the steroid issue (the 94 WS cancellation didn’t have a lasting effect on me), however baseball has never been better from an attendance and revenue standpoint - hence, no changes on the horizon. As for the cap, I blame the Royals and Marlins of the world far more than I do the Yankees. Those franchises (and others) are given huge payouts from the luxury tax pool and stil refuse to invest in talent. Drives me nuts.

By the way, your Brewers are going to the Series this year and you are going to be watching from the sidleines!!

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