My Take on Baseball

Baseball is my favorite sport, hands down, not sure why, it just is. I was born in June, I'm a summer kid.

I'll always love the game, though it seems the last decade or two the game has gone down hill, it's become more about money than about the game itself. Not that long ago players were drafted, and played on that team for if not their entire career, a big chunk of it. Here in the great state of Wisconsin we have the Brewers, for the bulk of my almost 31 years of being alive, the team wasn't that great, in fact a good portion of that they were abysmal, awful, just plain ugly, but you know something? I still loved them, I loved Robin Yount, Jim "Gumby" Gantner, Paul Molitor, Rob Deer, the whole lot of them. Robin Yount played his entire career here in Wisconsin as a Brewer, only two of them played elsewhere I think, Paul Molitor ended his career in Minnesota, it's his home, I think it was more of a playing for the home state and not "They offered me a bigger contract." Rob Deer played a few seasons in Detroit, his career wasn't going as well as it had in the past, and the Tigers took a gamble on him. What happened to those days?

I'll tell you what happened to those days...Agents and the all mighty dollar. Guys get drafted by a team, play out their initial contract and then scurry off to wherever offers more money, and personally I think that's bull shit, these guys make more money in a year than most American's make in a lifetime, yet when the money comes through they say they're doing "what's best for their families." C.C. Sebathia is a good case in point, after the Brewers traded for him mid-season in '08 he pitched better than any pitcher in the Major Leagues for the last half of the season, then he became a free agent, and really, when offers come in at over 100 mil. does it really matter any more? I mean really? He makes more in a season than several families make in a decade, do you need four Escalades with 21" rims? Or that summer house in Boca? and the winter cottage in Aspen? Fuck no you don't you just want more and more and more, it's outrageous.

I guess what I'm trying to say is I want a team I can get behind, a team I can get to know, players I can see year in and year out, good and bad, and know that next year Ryan Braun is playing in left field and Prince Fielder is gonna be thumping HR's and playing first. It shouldn't be about that extra few million dollars, play the game for your fans, play the game be loyal to your team. Because in all honesty Prince, after next season and you only have one more to go before becoming a free agent...I'll love you if you play for our team, my team, if you are a greedy fucker and go for the all mighty dollar, I wont give two shits about you, except for maybe talking shit when you step into Miller Park in a different uniform, I'll be first in line to buy a ticket behind home plate so I can heckle the shit out of you.