Ken Rosenthal is right. Don Fehr's legacy for his players as head of the baseball players union would have been sterling were it not for one issue. And Tracy Ringolsby is also right. The fact that Manny Ramirez can play 10 games in the minors to get himself ready to return from a 50-game suspension is pretty much a joke. And Jim Ingraham of the News-Herald also is right as well. Using injuries as a reason for the Indians collapse is a copout. The reason the team is 13 games below .500: Poor performance, Ingraham writes correctly.
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Why is it when the Cavaliers have a couple of guys with boo-boos, the sportswriters tow the party line. But when the Indians or the Browns have some injuries, it's a "copout." Yes, it indeed is a copout, but I am so sick of one of the three franchises being anointed a sacred cow by the local media's bishops and cardinals. In Terry Pluto's case, literally.
Somebody please explain to me why San Antonio now has Richard Jefferson in exchange for expiring contracts. Wouldn't Jefferson have been an improvement over one of the two present backcourt midgets? That dumbbell Ferry better have a plan.
What is also a copout is this Indians attendance thing I just read. The "slow start" what the underlying reason for the poor attendance. Sure, Pat. And if it wasn't the slow start, it was the cold weather. Or the rain. Or the economy. Or 9/11. Or a bird flu pandemic. Or the seats have cooties.
Alan, what exactly do YOU attribute the poor attendance to? Personally, I believe this is just not a good baseball market. Front-running fans who do nothing but complain, and won't show up to the ballpark when the team IS doing well. Frankly, NE Ohio doesn't even deserve major league baseball. The 90s were a gimmick and copout. Too many people point to that one-time era and lament every other season because of it. These people need to have lived in Pittsburgh or Kansas City, cities who haven't had winning teams since the '80s. Cleveland is such a crybaby town, it's pathetic.
On another subject, DONALD FEHR RUINED BASEBALL. Sure, Marvin Miller and his henchmen started the ball rolling big time, but Fehr took it to a new level, pricing the game right out of control. Strikes, Salaries and Steroids. That, my friends, is the legacy of Donald Fehr, the one man most-responsible for the decline of the sport. And the players and owners just let it happen.
To what do *I* attribute the poor attendance? Crummy baseball town.