Boston Red Sox Players Get Greedy
Yes, once again greed has consumed Major League Baseball and this time it’s the players for the Boston Red Sox. They were threatening to boycott the baseball game in Japan due to money. OH WHAT’S THAT TERRY? You want to make it perfectly clear this wasn’t about the players and it was the others associated with the team? Well my friend let me make this perfectly clear; the average baseball player makes more in one year; than a guy in corporate America makes in 25 years. If your words meant anything Mr. Terry Francona this story would have never been an issue or been brought up in the media. If the players care so much, just let them donate 1 percent of their pay to the coaches, trainers and other people that is associated with the team. Instead your players chose to deprive the fans here and in Japan of watching Major League Baseball. Sure your players were sticking up for the low paying guys working with the team; but the only way they knew how to do this was by not taking the field?
The Boston Red Sox has now become the lead culprit in the ugly world of baseball. Why we are in 2008 and still don’t have a level playing field for all the teams is beyond me. It’s only spring training and we are already hearing about the rich spoiled brats of summer trying to keep fans from baseball again. Many will agree with what the players were thinking; but they went about it all wrong. Terry Francona allowed this to go on while the team was on his watch and I hold Terry Francona personally responsible.
So Terry Francona the manager of the Boston Red Sox thinks he’s so big to make that opening announcement about making it perfectly clear that this wasn’t about the players and being greedy; well you’re dead wrong! Its money, money and more money and baseball has once again lost another step to all the other sports leagues and this time we can directly point the finger at Terry Francona and the Boston Red Sox. Who cares about the Red Sox spring training games, regular season games or even post season games; when they have one of the highest salaries in Major League Baseball and now they won’t the fans to miss more baseball as they try to get more money for people associated with the team.
The Boston Red Sox don’t get it; Terry Francona doesn’t get it and Major League Baseball has never gotten it! Sorry Red Sox fans and I know this must not be pleasing to hear, but your players were greedy and this was the wrong approach and Terry Francona allowed it. No more Red Sox baseball cards or memorabilia for me, I will stick to the pinstripes from New York or the merchandise from my local team the Atlanta Braves. Yes the Yankees are the worse team at the greed, but it’s not them threatening to take baseball away from the fans like the Boston Red Sox and Terry Francona was doing in the spring of 2008.
