tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post6789663953584218958..comments2023-10-26T06:32:56.972-07:00Comments on Lost in America: Baseball's Crazy Salaries; "Foul Ball!"A Modest Scriblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-44447134211227069472012-05-08T10:05:01.903-07:002012-05-08T10:05:01.903-07:00Thanks for your critique of my blog. Could you pl...Thanks for your critique of my blog. Could you please provide me with a link to your blog so I can see how it's supposed to be written?<br />Thanks again.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-54670994065204836172012-05-08T10:03:09.251-07:002012-05-08T10:03:09.251-07:00This article is very poorly written, velocity matt...This article is very poorly written, velocity matters not as we see Jamie Moyer still pitching at age 49. Zito is simply ineffective, and if the Giants just observed how he pitched in his final Oakland years they wouldn't be paying the price to this day.<br /><br />The article could have been written entirely on the Boston Red Sox: Carl Crawford, John Lackey, Daisuke Matsuzaka, and Josh Beckett are all fat and happy. Why should they give a s&*% if they play effectively again if they get the money regardless?<br /><br />The players union will never allow for a strict salary cap or NFL-type contracts that are more performance/bonus driven.<br /><br />Also, you neglected to mention that if Pujols reaches 3,000 hits and breaks the HR record he's in line for an additional $10 million.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-67279143886579041812012-05-08T09:10:01.404-07:002012-05-08T09:10:01.404-07:00Couldn't have said it better myself, Ken. Fin...Couldn't have said it better myself, Ken. Fines for bad play would be great but the player's union is now so strong that could never happen. <br />Funny how the pendulum always swings too severely; back before the reserve clause reforms the owners were tyrants and players were mistreated. Now salaries, and the punishment for bad behavior are way out of whack. Don't know when it will get resolved but someday it will...baseball is madness now.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-56209990887708302592012-05-08T09:04:37.581-07:002012-05-08T09:04:37.581-07:00"I believe if baseball continues to ignore th..."I believe if baseball continues to ignore the welfare of the fans they are going to go right down the tubes. As baseball executives continue to pay these ridiculous salaries...and pass the costs of their mistakes down to the fan, baseball will eventually suffer."<br /><br /> I have been waiting for that day for many years but alas people keep voting for democrats and going to ball games. I don't see an end to the bad behavior.<br /> My brother came to town wanting to see a Giants game while here, we paid $78 a seat to a sellout game to sit in the knotholes. A family day at the game starts pushing a $1000! Ridiculous! <br /> My Uncle Lou played pro ball in the late '50s with some of the names you mentioned, he told me his salary started at $600 a month. <br /> I thought of something that would put a smile back on my face would be to fine the players making errors or pitching bad games, a fee of draconian proportions, like $150,000 for dropped balls, Zito would get $200,000 a walk, etc.. That would make the wages a little more tolerable to me and might help reduce ticket prices.Kennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-39430923826940642702012-05-08T06:40:57.622-07:002012-05-08T06:40:57.622-07:00I couldn't agree more!!!!I couldn't agree more!!!!Darlenenoreply@blogger.com