MLB: What happened?

[Rickybaby]

When I was a kid I used to read the box scores in the paper every morning, I can't remember the last time I even looked at the standings. A big part of that for me is likely the fact that I have always been a Royals fan and they haven't mattered since 1985.

I miss the days of George Brett, Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken Jr., Ryne Sandberg and other players that spent the majority of their career with one club.

I think the huge contracts that the Yankees, Phillies, Red Sox and other big market clubs can afford to offer hurt the league overall. I was thrilled for Twins fans last year that they were able to keep Joe Mauer.

Ditto here. Ever since the league devolved into a few big market teams and feeder teams like the Royals I haven't watched. I remember one year (a long time ago) I was watching the Allstar game and 3 Yankee batters came up in a row and I thought what-the-Fxxx. So I looked to see who was in the game at the time (when they went into the field); 5 of the 9 players where Yankees. Now here is the real bad thing; I can't say that those players "didn't deserve to be there"; they all had great stats and probably were the best at their position at the time. The horrible thing is that they were on the same team. I remember thinking, the royals have become a minor league team whose only purpose is to provide wins to the big market teams; the league just doesn't care about parity; its about money and ratings. I've never gone back as a fan and have almost zero interest anymore. Frankly, its been so long I don't even miss it.

 

[CloneCone21]

that was directed toward pedro, not big papi, since he said he had to tip his cap to them and call them his daddy.

Hah whoops my bad... it's been too long i suppose