The Cubs’ Kris Bryant—who sounds
awfully worried there won’t be any money left for him after Nolan Arenado’s
$260 million extension; Manny Machado’s $300 million deal; and Bryce Harper’s
$330 million windfall—said something the other day that offended me, and I’m
not talking about his putdown of St. Louis as boring.
Speaking to Chicago reporters,
Bryant offered this observation: “Everybody
[as in MLB owners] has money. We’re not
stupid. We see the price of tickets, the
price of the memorabilia” plus TV deals, all of which means there’s “a lot of
money in this game.”
Not stupid? Maybe, but ballplayers and owners are
colluding fools. Why does Bryant think
ticket and memorabilia prices are so high, because fans want to throw money
around to be more like their heroes?
Travel softball costs led me to cut way back on anything connected to
baseball, and I’ve never looked back, outside of attending one or two games a
year.
Kris Bryant doesn’t like how
owners are splitting the pot? Then, truly,
there’s no honor among thieves.
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