If that is not, then let's talk. Both their manager and their general manager were suspended for a year, and then, fired by the owner. The team lost draft picks and was fined $5 million dollars, and all this was for what? Stealing signs!
Am I the only one who thinks this is crazy? I mean, come on... stealing signs? Really? We have got real issues in sports like domestic violence, steroids, brain injuries, and MLB is throwing the book at the Astros for... stealing signs. Am I the only one who thinks this smells funny?
When I played baseball long ago, if you were good it didn't matter if you knew what pitch was coming or not. As a matter of fact, I played against pitchers who were so good they actually told you what was coming, and you still couldn't hit it. If stealing signs is so wrong and such an affront to baseball then every church softball team needs to be penalized. I mean, come on... you know that ark is coming. I believe this landmark case is the beginning of the end of professional sports for one simple reason... they have forgotten who they are.
Baseball is a sport... period. So is basketball, football and hockey. The game entertains and provides fans a means of supporting their favorite team, at least it used to do that. I used to enjoy going to MLB games, but no more. Now, I am reading about a professional league handing out fines as if it is a government, as if a sign on a baseball field is necessary for national security. I have read all the pundits, and they, too, have forgotten that these sports are... sports. There is a reason for this lapse in memory, and that reason is green. No, I am not taking about envy; instead, I am talking about money.
A professional athlete, on average, gets paid more in one season that most of us will see in our lifetimes, and I will throw actors into this lot as well. I stumbled onto an article the other day that documented the highest paid employee in each state. Most of the states had, as their highest paid employee, a college football coach. Are you serious? How can that be? Answer me this question: how come we vilify wealthy CEOs, but idolize wealthy athletes and actors?
There are actually people positing that the punishment is not harsh enough? This is like the the issue the New England Patriots dealt with several years ago regarding the proper inflation of footballs. I am from the north so I know that if you leave a properly inflated football out in the cold it looses air. Anyone who has played football knows this, and yet, all the "professionals" just knew that the Patriots cheated. This is just another example of how professional sports are losing their minds.
So, what are we to do? What are we, the lowly, who fork out our hard-earned money to see a sport that really cares very little for us anymore, to do? Well, if you want to follow my lead then stop paying for professional sports. I gave them up a long time ago. I have better things to do with my money than to throw it at a sport that has forgotten who it really is. So, while I still remember who I am, I am going to stop supporting those who think they are more important than they are. That makes sense to me; what about you?
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