Un-American Pastime
Forgive my slight liberalism for a moment. I consider myself a fairly conservative guy, but I have no declared party because I like to think ‘beyond the line’ per se.
I was reading this in the Herald Tribune and it really struck me because I never had any inclination that members of Congress would regularly play baseball (or softball in some cases) around the mall of Washington. But back to it..
The sticking point, according to The Wall Street Journal, is the championship playoff system long run by a Democratic commissioner - a bleeding heart approach, in the view of Republican batters. It forces the teams with the strongest records to risk playing one another in the opening challenges, rather than letting them feast first on the weaker teams, as in the great American way of professional sports.
The issue is, a new league has formed by a new Republican Commissioner who wants things changed. I laughed because it just seems so typical that these certain republicans dont want a fair shake of the stick - they think it’s unfair that the teams with the best records have to play each other first and lose standing. What a bunch of babies! This is so representative of their anti-little-guy, capitalist attitudes towards big business with all of their tax credits, environmental breaks, etc etc. I just thought it was funny how closely and backwards our economy and professional sports are.
Like I said - I lean conservative but some things just are outta control with the party that claims the like. It’s just like someone who leans liberal but doesn’t declare their party. I think there’s alot of us out there. All I can say is, relax and play ball you guys. Theres no money in this any way you slice it.