bill718
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Professional sports have brought us some amazing athletic feats in the last half century, as well as some amazing dynasty's. i.e. The many outstanding NY Yankee teams, the 80's Chicago Bulls, Bird vs Magic, Wayne Gretsky and Mario Lemieux just to name a few. And then of course there is the downside to professional sports. It spawns owners who care far more about their bottom line, than they do about winning-
I was just out of high school when the Seattle Mariners came into the American league. Now in my early 70's, I see a decades long treadmill of owners and former owners who unfailingly purchase just enough talent to call themselves a major league team, knowing they can count on legions of old men, dragging their kids and grandkids with them to the games, sitting on their oversized butts, spewing forth meaningless statistics such as ERA's and RBI's as the home team slowly slides into another mediocre season, The sad thing about this is no one seems to give a shit. The Mariner franchise is just one of many teams around the league that operate this way. Every year Mariner owners announce they have "some great young talent coming up, so you'd better get your season tickets while they last!" - - But no one believes them anymore, they've been lied to too many times. This team, like so many others, is simply a cash cow for the owners.
- This just in: Mariners owners have just announced "they have some great young talent coming up, so you'd better get your season tickets while they last!"
I was just out of high school when the Seattle Mariners came into the American league. Now in my early 70's, I see a decades long treadmill of owners and former owners who unfailingly purchase just enough talent to call themselves a major league team, knowing they can count on legions of old men, dragging their kids and grandkids with them to the games, sitting on their oversized butts, spewing forth meaningless statistics such as ERA's and RBI's as the home team slowly slides into another mediocre season, The sad thing about this is no one seems to give a shit. The Mariner franchise is just one of many teams around the league that operate this way. Every year Mariner owners announce they have "some great young talent coming up, so you'd better get your season tickets while they last!" - - But no one believes them anymore, they've been lied to too many times. This team, like so many others, is simply a cash cow for the owners.
- This just in: Mariners owners have just announced "they have some great young talent coming up, so you'd better get your season tickets while they last!"
