Wednesday, July 10, 2002
Dale: Why don't they just strike again and kill baseball dead this time? The owners and players just keep getting dumber and dumber as they get richer and richer. These guys are on the verge of killing the sport. And they don't care.
Actually, I still like baseball. Detroit has a nice ballpark and a sometimes-spunky AAA team, which can be interesting to watch, in a penitential/bad road accident sense.
Even though the Tigers have management which apparently gets its personnel decision insights from tea leaves and chicken entrails. Last week, the geniuses on Woodward saw fit to trade away the only legitimate big league pitcher the organization has developed in the past decade. For a first baseman (which now gives them 5 players at that position) and a closer (which gives them 2). Please note that the franchise is owned by the same guy who owns the 2002 Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings. For those of you who don't know (ignorant heretics!), the Wings just won their third championship in six years last month. The Tigers haven't had a winning season since 1993, and haven't seen the playoffs since 1987. Apparently, he leaves his ownership smarts in the car when he visits Comerica. We're now seven years into the five year rebuilding plan, if you get my drift.
But I still like baseball. For however much longer we'll have it.
Actually, I still like baseball. Detroit has a nice ballpark and a sometimes-spunky AAA team, which can be interesting to watch, in a penitential/bad road accident sense.
Even though the Tigers have management which apparently gets its personnel decision insights from tea leaves and chicken entrails. Last week, the geniuses on Woodward saw fit to trade away the only legitimate big league pitcher the organization has developed in the past decade. For a first baseman (which now gives them 5 players at that position) and a closer (which gives them 2). Please note that the franchise is owned by the same guy who owns the 2002 Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings. For those of you who don't know (ignorant heretics!), the Wings just won their third championship in six years last month. The Tigers haven't had a winning season since 1993, and haven't seen the playoffs since 1987. Apparently, he leaves his ownership smarts in the car when he visits Comerica. We're now seven years into the five year rebuilding plan, if you get my drift.
But I still like baseball. For however much longer we'll have it.
