Out of Sight...

If I were baseball commissioner (now, there’s a thought), everything would be different, at least until the owners fired me. There wouldn’t be any of this hiding in the shadow of football, that’s for sure. It’s times like these I think the game is owned and played by idiots. The owners have instigated a “defensive lockout,” thereby killing the hot-stove league. And, has anybody heard a peep out of the players lately? Have they taken to the airwaves and social media to explain their stand on issues? You must be kidding. No, both sides are content to play a game of chicken, out of the spotlight. Let college and pro football reign supreme, as if it didn’t already. No hot stove, no rumors, no fan conventions on account of COVID, no reason to think baseball. And when both sides finally do sit down for serious negotiations, do you think ticket and concession prices will be on the agenda, or the length of games? The chances of that, my friend, are slim and none. No, baseball will continue to slouch along the same path that it has for the past thirty years of so, one side vilifying the other, both sides oblivious of what fans think or where they’re turning their attention to. But, hey, out of sight out of mind. And, to these clowns, that’s a good thing.