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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-03 03:12 PM
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Four months til spring training
Soon I'll feel optimistic again. Just not quite yet.

Wonder who'll be there for the Red Sox?
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-03 03:13 PM
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1. Yeah, Football, Basketball, and Hockey are just there...
To fill the time between baseball seasons...

Red Sox will be there next year...don't worry !
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Abe Linkman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-17-03 03:29 PM
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2. And MLB will not have done anything to prevent fan interferences
Just as NASCAR and the media know that crashes drive up ratings, so too, does MLB know that baseball needs more drama (juiced-up balls, smaller, shorter outfields etc.) to drive up ratings. MLB knows that fan interference adds drama to the game and keeps people from changing the channel, so they will do nothing to stop it.

What's really disgusting is that MLB defends the perps, and disses the most faithful fans (ticket buyers)...saying in effect: "F you. Our ratings get a lift from these kinds of things, and fans said they wanted to be closer to the action."
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