Wasn't it great last year when baseball resumed play after the infamous Sept.11? Baseball, America's favorite pastime, gave the country something to finally cheer about after the awful circumstances that surrounded that date. The United States showed that they could pull through and go on living the American way. It was truly awesome. Major League Baseball was a sign that we took al-Qaida's best shot and didn't even come close to going down.
A year later and MLB shows its true colors. From Commissioner Bud Selig to Barry Bonds to the "lovable" Sammy Sosa, we now know that the MLB is full of ingrates and scumbags.
Nobody really knows what they are fighting about but we do get the basic idea: the rich want to get even richer and they are appalled by the idea of making a ridiculous amount of money as opposed to a ludicrous amount of money.
It would actually be fun to watch them go on strike, just to see the fan reaction. MLB should be as good as dead if they strike. The fans can't tolerate this. It is bad enough that a family gets raped and pillaged on a trip to the ballpark.
A family of four generally drops around $100 dollars to get into Yankee Stadium. And you just know Mom and Dad are going to want a cold one after realizing how much they just paid to watch a bunch of egomaniacs run around a ballpark.
But hey, guess what? It costs about $7.50 for a cheapo plastic bottle beer, and unless your name is Donald Trump, you aren't getting drunk at the old ballgame. This madness should have been protested long before this latest atrocity that MLB is going to pull.
A strike, however, is far more insulting than price gouging at the stadium. The fans can't go back to baseball once they resume play, if they do. They truly take it for granted that we will come crawling back to fill their already overflowing pockets. If we do go back, we become just as bad as the girl who gets beat by her man and then goes back to him like nothing ever happened. MLB must know that we will not take this utter lunacy any longer.
Just imagine how emphatic a statement we would make to them if they had to play their games in front of empty stands at the stadiums around the country. They would crawl back to us, and it would be absolutely hilarious to see how they would try to kiss and make up with us.
But honestly, it would be much more fun to see the MLB go out of business. Just imagine some of the jobs the former players would have.
I could see marble mouthed Sammy Sosa working at the local McDonalds serving out Big Mac's and milkshakes. David Wells could bartend at PJ Bottoms. Mike Piazza could get a job as a bouncer at Marcella's. Randy Johnson could definitely pull off a modeling career for clothes at K-Mart.
It will be us versus them very soon and we must not lie down and sell-out to these over-paid, brainless prima donnas.
Sept. 11 is going to roll around again this year, but this time the MLB will not be there to help us get by - great way to show your American pride guys. Every last one of you is a disgrace to America for even entertaining this thought, never mind following through with it.
Well boys, it was fun while it lasted, but if this goes down then it will be time to part ways. The chance of me watching you or paying a single cent to see your sorry selves again are about on par with the chances of me growing a second head.
