A Little Bit Off the Topic, but ...
Rowdyone said:
I suspect we'll be hearing a lot of this "sky is falling" posturing by both sides right up to the deadline. And then, I'd like to think that both sides will realize they have more to lose than gain by not working something out because, from my perspective, that's what killed my interest in baseball when they had their issues a while back...I haven't been back to a ballpark since.
You've hit a sensitive spot with me & baseball ...
Rowdyone ... you got kids ???
I too, didn't like it when there was a strike in baseball years ago. I had A's season tickets for years .... strike .... haven't renewed since. Years after the strike, my little boy who was probably about 6-7 years old, asked if we could go to a baseball game. Well, he was far too young to understand why I didn't want to or wouldn't go ... but, he really wanted to go .... so, I found myself in a peculiar situation .... in a way, I was passing on my DISLIKES down to him without allowing him the "freedom of choice".
Anyway, make a long story short .... I took him, and we've been to a few games since. When he got older I explained to him what happened back in 94/95 ...
It was more an issue for me than it was for him. He was just curious what goes on at an A's game.
Of course he loved it, I'm glad I took him .... life goes on.