Dear Mssrs. Selig, Torre and Brenly,
Could you have found no other solution to your pitcher shortage last night than cancellation of the game? Each of the 41,871 people in the stands had paid up to $175 ($175!!) for a ticket to watch; and the only thing you could come up with was "Oops, sorry?" If this is the kind of leadership you intend to exhibit in the current labor negotiations, you'll be lucky to have a quarter of the fan base left once a deal is made. That was bold decision-making, that was.
(For more on this debacle from better writers than I, go see Michele, Todd, and Stacy).
On to other things: to broaden your link list (like it needs it?), here's a highly subjective list of blogs from The Guardian.
Oh, the inner side of my forearm now has a distinct similarity to Gorbachev's port-wine stain.
Posted by Linkmeister at July 10, 2002 05:01 PMCan I actually be missing Fay Vincent?
I hear that one team is gonna be taking out a loan by the end of the week to stay afloat. What the hell went wrong?
Posted by: hoopty at July 10, 2002 08:35 PMTrouble is, who knows when Selig is crying wolf? I've heard him poor-mouth too often.
Posted by: Linkmeister at July 10, 2002 09:09 PMhmmph to the weblog list. is all i'm sayin'.
Posted by: kd at July 11, 2002 10:23 AMI said it was highly subjective! Grins...
Posted by: Linkmeister at July 11, 2002 10:37 AMI hear that team is the Tigers. Will anyone miss them?
Posted by: michele at July 11, 2002 04:20 PMThe Tigers? Doesn't the pizza guy (Mike something) still own them?
Posted by: Linkmeister at July 11, 2002 04:30 PMYeah, Tigers AND Tampa Bay. Big fire sale this weekend. Sheesh.
Posted by: hoopty at July 11, 2002 04:49 PMUpdate: The pizza guy is Mike Illitch, of Little Caesars fame. He's chairman of the Tigers.
Per MLB from ESPN: No team will miss payroll July 15.
Posted by: Linkmeister at July 11, 2002 04:51 PM