Manny and Ster-Rod save major league baseball? Wouldn't that make for quite a headline? Is it really possible the two biggest names among the cheats could be the same guys who restore the faith and trust that fans once felt toward major league baseball? Their getting caught provides the inspiration to make it possible....if the fans have any guts.
The comments of Beezer and Harry from a couple of weeks ago wondering about the identities of the List of 104 got me thinking. Do we really need to know those names? Truth is we don't. The fans have the ammunition to force the hands of Commissioner Bud and his merry band of Owner Stooges....but only if we are truly serious about wanting baseball cleaned up.
When the Dodgers and Yankees come to your town, be somewhere else. Take the kids to Yellowstone, your wife or girlfriend to Paris for dinner, paint your basement Edmonton Oilers colors, do ANYTHING but go to a major league baseball game. Those teams will leave soon, and you can return to your normal afternoon bleacher routine. If stadiums stand empty when Dodger Blue and Yankee Pinstripes are present don't you think that even the geniuses who've been ruining baseball and screwing the fans all these years will figure out the common thread: Those teams have the highest profile cheats in major league baseball. Even one of Americas' dumbest and most unethical groups of millionaires can do that math.
The owners don't and won't want that happening to their personal bottom lines. They have shown us often enough that they're pretty good at publicly circling the wagons, but privately there'd be plenty of phone chatter back and forth. If its perfectly crystal clear to them that the only way to bring the fans and their wallets back is to clean up the product they'll do it, even it has to be done in a kicking and screaming fashion. In this case Gordon Gecko is right-greed is good. Fans can use the ample greed of the owners to our advantage. The owners only understand green and the lack of.
Tainted players might be dropped slowly and discreetly, but they'll disappear. We might never know who did or didn't cheat but the roster turnover will give us a general idea of how slimed our favorite team really is/was. If the idea that your favorite team might have cheats on it scares you go ahead and bury your head in the sand. Do nothing further to help fix the issue. Otherwise....
The challenge is yours folks: If you truly want baseball to be clean put your outrage where your wallet is. If the Yankees or Dodgers come to town simply don't go. If you still decide to feed the monster don't whine about anymore.
The choice is yours people. You have the power. Put up or shut up.
Thanks for reading.
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