Well baseball seems to be its own worst enemy again.  As big of a fan as I am, what we are seeing now is nothing short of a disgrace.  I don't usually write tough articles, but here it's apt. And to sugarcoat this, would be indefensible.

C-19 has changed much in all of our lives for the moment, and of course safety is very important, but with that said this is dealing with the issues outside of the virus. With tens of millions out of work, and the USA needing the good news to continue in our recovery, MLB is in a very enviable position. To take the sport-light and the spotlight and provide the lighthouse to guide us through these foggy times. To do some real good. Instead, they are back to baseball as usual, millionaires and billionaires arguing about money, and how neither side has enough. Oh, yeah, and only over a half of a season. There is no defense for any of this.

I know, the NHL and the NBA have about worked out their deals and they look to be returning, but they are not baseball.  Baseball has the feel of new, of beginning, of spring, of hope.  It starts as the weather is waking up from the freeze. The NBA, and NHL begin as the days become short, and cold. Baseball has therapeutic qualities that they do not. I understand too the NFL is the big dog in town, and baseball is no longer the #1 sport in America, but even football does not bring the hope that baseball does. 

MLB is in a position right this minute to create something very good for the masses, even more than usual. But it's letting it get away.  But, again baseball isn't rich enough, and neither are the players it seems, and that's too bad for all of us fans.  I am a 20 game season ticket holder for the Tribe and I love going to the games, but not this year because of C-19, and that was tough enough to swallow. Now this,.... this debacle.

It's interesting how most of us love going to a ball game and plopping down a ton of money to simply enjoy it.  It's just too bad the players don't love going to the exact same game they are getting about $100,000 that day to simply play it.

Shameful, sad and self destructive.