Comments on: Baseball and fireworks for July 4th, 2009 http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/2009/07/05/baseball-and-fireworks-for-july-4th-2009/ A movement toward critical thinking in politics Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:25:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Brett http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/2009/07/05/baseball-and-fireworks-for-july-4th-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-706 Brett Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:21:18 +0000 http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/?p=916#comment-706 Unfortunately, every fall you hear the same thing about the money aspect - the playoffs and the world series are played at night to maximize revenue, at the cost of losing younger fans to bedtimes. (And some of us older fans with only a passing interest in the game). It took them years to finally come to a drug testing policy that actually had any sort of teeth. The punishments were fairly slight until recently. One could go on about some of stars of the game and how they're treated by the press and fans - Bonds, McGuire, etc., but I don't have the interest anymore. I'm fairly cynical about professional baseball, but it has its moments. Unfortunately, every fall you hear the same thing about the money aspect – the playoffs and the world series are played at night to maximize revenue, at the cost of losing younger fans to bedtimes. (And some of us older fans with only a passing interest in the game).

It took them years to finally come to a drug testing policy that actually had any sort of teeth. The punishments were fairly slight until recently.

One could go on about some of stars of the game and how they’re treated by the press and fans – Bonds, McGuire, etc., but I don’t have the interest anymore.

I’m fairly cynical about professional baseball, but it has its moments.

]]> By: Robert Levy http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/2009/07/05/baseball-and-fireworks-for-july-4th-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-696 Robert Levy Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:02:53 +0000 http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/?p=916#comment-696 Isn't football more popular that baseball in the US? Isn’t football more popular that baseball in the US?

]]> By: 4th Of July Firework Shows | All Days Long http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/2009/07/05/baseball-and-fireworks-for-july-4th-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-681 4th Of July Firework Shows | All Days Long Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:15:21 +0000 http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/?p=916#comment-681 [...] Baseball and fireworks for July 4th, 2009 | Mind Your Own Damn … By Robert S. Siegel Last night I went with my family – immediate and extended – to a baseball game followed by a fireworks show. There is something about spending Independence Day at a baseball game that feels very American. It feels right. … Mind Your Own Damn Business Politics – http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/ [...] [...] Baseball and fireworks for July 4th, 2009 | Mind Your Own Damn … By Robert S. Siegel Last night I went with my family – immediate and extended – to a baseball game followed by a fireworks show. There is something about spending Independence Day at a baseball game that feels very American. It feels right. … Mind Your Own Damn Business Politics – http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/ [...]

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