06-09-2020, 04:12 AM
If there's no baseball because of failed negations, the sport will take a long time to recover. It may not recover in smaller markets like Cincinnati. Baseball was everything in Cincy before the last strike-shortened season. People took a long time to come back. Even in 99 when they were a really exciting team to watch, the stadium as pretty empty. People don't take that sort of thing lightly.
I get not wanting an altered oddball season, but there has to be a real effort to get something done for the good of the pro game. Corona won't be enough of an excuse to get them off the hook when other sports like NASCAR and the NBA are getting back to being active. Everyone knows that the negotiations are a shit show right now, and the blame will be directed at the players and owners, not the pandemic.
Someone's going to have to swallow their pride for the good of the game.
I get not wanting an altered oddball season, but there has to be a real effort to get something done for the good of the pro game. Corona won't be enough of an excuse to get them off the hook when other sports like NASCAR and the NBA are getting back to being active. Everyone knows that the negotiations are a shit show right now, and the blame will be directed at the players and owners, not the pandemic.
Someone's going to have to swallow their pride for the good of the game.
