August 30th is strike date.........

[TheMatrix31]

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Just let the govt intervene....anything

[p2xgamers]

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Those Dumb*** greedy f****** bast****. All they care about is the money and that a**hole commisioner stays on his butt counting his money and has the guts to say that Montreal should be gone instead of the team that has never had a winning year, nor a subpar year (tampa). Hope they fix it but luckily I go to the Reds game on the 27th for a double-header against the Cards. Hope we didnt just waste over 500+ million $ on that new ballpark. (guess what, Hamilton County pay's for it, which is the county I live in). <--Like the face says, crazy.

[bryan_05]

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If George Bush says "no you can't strike you greedy f-ers" I would be happy w/ him for the 1st time in my life.

[TheMatrix31]

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Stupid players man, I'm sick of their crap.

[p2xgamers]

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If George Bush says "no you can't strike you greedy f-ers"..

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That would be hilarious if he had a press confrence about this on Live TV and said that.

[Liquidrage]

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I have a job. It's a good job even.

The owner of my company makes a LOT more then I do.
This is because he is the owner.

Baseball players make damn good money.
The owners should make a hell of a lot more money. That is capitolism.
Players don't like it? They should quit their job and becomes owners.

Unions were made and in fact legalized to protect workers like those found in meat packing industries. Unions work well to ensure blue collar types make enough money to live off of.

Baseball players shouldn't even be allowed to unionize.
People that make 300x what I do (and I make a well above average living) are about to go on strike.
Why exactly again?

[dh2k3]

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I honestly don't care anymore. I've always loved baseball, and I was miserable during the 1994 strike, which wiped out 2 1/2 months of baseball. In 2002, I really don't care. I find it great that the final day of baseball will be August 30th, because on August 31st, there's a slate full of great college football throughout the weekend!!! In the past 4 years, I have drastically cut down my viewership of baseball, and if they strike, I won't go to another game for a very long time, and I sure as hell won't go to any in 2003. Good riddance.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

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dh2k3 put it nicely, I've become numb about the whole thing, it's really a joke, these guys make more than families combined and they wanna tell us how hard it is, give me a break

[bryan_05]

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Gammons has written an awesome article about this... the 1st line is my new signature...

http://espn.go.com/gammons/s/2002/0817/1419256.html

[Heelfan71]

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I quit going to the games because the prices are crazy. Next year I won't be ordering the Direct TV season pass either.

[LiquidCrash]

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Are you saying you don't enjoy paying 6.50 for a hot dog and 5.00 for a coke? I think its worth every penny.

Seriously though, I haven't gone to a game this year, and I only went to one last year. I can't afford to sit in the sections where I can actually see the game.

[Heelfan71]

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yeah, last game I went to a coke, hotdog and chips were insane. Can't remember, but I think it was $15.00

[**DONOTDELETE**]

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a frie, 2 sodas, 2 hotdogs, costed 30$ if i remember correctly last game i went to.

[TheMatrix31]

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Thats so damn ridiculous.....this is NBA, but at Staples, I ate McDonalds, two combos were 16 bucks!

[psufan]

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i don't think i'll ever go 2 a game again...they need a salary cap so it's an even playing field and that YES thing IS TERRIBLE he should have NEVER been allowed 2 do that