Bandit34

I really don't see this team making post-season in 2021. I think the White Sox are a team on the quick rise and Cleveland should be great as always. I think it's definitely time for a rebuild.

I see 32-28. Second place.

I have no problem with removing statues as long as they are consistent. Be consistent with what you say and what you do.

I think we also need to get rid of Kirby's statue. Although I have been a lifelong fan of Kirby, I was very sad to hear of the shocking accusations against him in his later years. I think it would be appropriate in consideration of all the survivors of domestic violence and abuse.

And I would add that most of the billionaire owners are human success stories. They didn't make their fortunes in baseball. They don't need baseball either. They have their successful businesses that they can tend to if they decide to do without baseball. The players need the owners and the fans. The players need the game. The players must be the ones to sacrifice most for the sport if they know what's good for them.

The best thing is simply not to play the season. End of story really. I think it would help a lot of people in this land realize that we really do not need this sport nearly as much as the players need us.

Happens quite often actually. Especially in places such as the Philippines. Many, many wealthy people in the Philippines have to have constant bodyguard protection and are not able to go out and about in common society due to safety concerns.

Right now it looks very likely that the season will be cancelled.

I guess my whole point was that if it was considered a game during the days of Ty Cobb, and it was, it certainly should be considered a game in today's age.

I could go on and on...Such as the fact that the players had to travel by train. They had to worry about pitchers like Bob Gibson throwing a ball right at their ear, they had to worry about players like Ty Cobb sliding in with his spikes pointed upward at your chest or worse! If anything, now it is a game, at least compared to what they had to endure back then.

The players worked just as hard years ago. Only difference being that the players years ago had to go to war just like anyone else. When was the last time you heard of an All-Star baseball player sign up to go to war? And when there wasn't a war, and it was winter, the players went to work their winter jobs.

Great move! Now get an ace pitcher somehow from trade. At least our lineup is World Series caliber!

You are correct. The Pohlad family is one of the wealthier families in baseball.

This is absolutely the truth. If a businessman buys a professional team to make mega money, he's living in a dream world. I'll say it again, if the owners of the Reds, Royals, Twins, Pirates, etc. wanted to spend the bucks, they absolutely could do so! They don't want to, it's their choice, of course, but let's not live in this fantasy land that these owners are counting every cent. They just choose not to spend.

The only reason you put the cleats on is to win the World Series. If that is not your goal in the field and in the front office, it's time to hang em up. Sustained success is winning three world titles in a decade. Not being "competitive" 7 out of 10 years. Maybe if the Royals had not dumped all their good players, they would have continued to have great crowds and increased revenues? Is there some kind of rule in baseball that says that a team like the Royals can not increase their payroll? The problem with teams like the Royals, Pirates, Padres, Twins, Reds, is not that they CANNOT afford a high payroll. It's that their owners don't WANT to have a high payroll.