Baseball strike date reportedly set for Aug. 30th

[RabidMongoose]

Well at least we'll still have minor league baseball.

 

[bulldawg]

Do they have to wait that long?

 

[Nemesis77]

Why are they planning to implement this tax? Why wont they simply refuse to pay those astronomical salaries?

 

[FoBoT]

if they do strike,it could be a looooong time before they play anymore baseball

i was listening to a radio sports show last night and some former manager during the '94 strike said the owners feel like they gave in too easily during the other labor disputes, made it sound like if a strike happens, the owners will let it go for 1-3 YEARS

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Passner
Guys, ever hear of a guy called Adam Smith? The owners are doing something very unlawful with their huge tax that they claim is to help competitve balance. When the anti-trust exemption is removed and free market is allowed, that is when the true villians will be crushed.

that is an excellent point, congress needs to get involved and get rid of that, ther is NO reason for that in today's environment, baseball is a coporate business just like any other

time to write the old congressman

 

[Modeps]

several teams will not survive a strike, stadiums will go under foreclosure, and I dont know if baseball as a whole will survive another strike... remember what happened after 94's strike? Ratings and attendence were absolute garbage for 2 years... I know I'm sick of it, I dont really care their reasoning behind the strike. I make 40k a year and they're complaining about there 2 million? screw them.

 

[Spooner]

aww well.... it's football season now

 

[jaeger66]

Goodbye and good riddance. Any "sport" in which a fat disgusting slob like Roger Clemens is considered an athlete needs to die.

 

[kami]

I used to be a die hard fan before the last strike...bought the merchandise, watched the games, WENT to the games...but not anymore. Do they thnik another strike is going to change my mind? MLB's gonna be gone in 10 years, mark my words

 

[StageLeft]

pathetic

 

[MrBond]

Originally posted by: Spooner
aww well.... it's football season now

That's what I'm saying . Go Raiders!

I'm gonna miss college games this fall though, one of the bad parts about working 3 hours from my college

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Spooner
aww well.... it's football season now

this is what i don't get... the day after this college football season gets into full swing, then the NFL kicks off... football has such a hold on this country (the players don't have it anywhere near as good as baseball ones do, but the NFL is run far more like one single corporation rather than a bunch of businesses squabbling over everything) that no one is going to care

 

[MrDingleDangle]

all of this strike talk alone has really hurt baseball..i dont listen to sports radio anymore or follow it now that the Mets are out of it, because I dont want to hear about this strike anymore...even the talk about it is hurting the game a lot

 

[OrByte]

I hope this time the strike is for good...


dont come back!

and extend the football season!!

 

[poopaskoopa]

Heh. Baseball season ends when the NFL begins its regular season anyways.

 

[Garet Jax]

Cool!

Just in time to clear the TV stations for football, hockey and basketball.

 

[mpitts]

I laughed when I read that. Michigan kicks off at Noon on the 31st, so I would be just fine with that date.

I honestly don't think that there will be a strike.

 

[SALvation]

Can we just get rid of baseball and extend the hockey season?

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: OmegaNauce

Originally posted by: jooksing
bring on the scabs!

No Kidding...death to the current players! I want players who care!

I dont care what goes on in their heads, I want players who can PLAY!

 

[Sepen]

Originally posted by: SWirth86
Sounds good to me

Me too. Bring on hockey.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

well its official now- 2 weeks till strike

 

[geno]

Good timing, with the little league world series getting so much attention, I hope people start to realize that MLB is full of whiney bitches. Seeing kids play for the fun of it is so refreshing