Reggie Jackson, Willie Geist & Kostya Kennedy on Baseball

with Willie Geist, Kostya Kennedy and Reggie Jackson
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on Thursday, March 31, 2011 * * * * *

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Reggie Jackson, Willie Geist of MSNBC & Kostya Kennedy of Sports Illustrated discuss opening day of Major League Baseball

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    1. doodah  04/01/2011 08:47 PM Report

      Baseball is for the Kids. I loved baseball when I was a kid, following it, the teams, the players, the statistics, the games. Now, I can't remember the last time I watched more than 15 - 20 minutes of a game, or the last time I cared who would win, and I don't know who ANY of the players are these days (and could care less). I don't even know who won the world series last year, or the year before, or any since the 70s.

      Baseball is just too damn BORING. .. You seen one game, you seen em all.

      I remember Reggie Jackson ALSO, would get pretty bored playing outfield. :) I was an Orioles fan. SO NO WONDER BASEBALL IS BORING!!!

    2. robdverity  04/01/2011 05:16 PM Report

      Well in a land of corrosive capitalism where govt. itself is for sale to the highest bidder (lobbyist), it's not surprising that money putrefies ALL sports. The country itself is following suit; a la GE pays no taxes but one of the biggest beneficiaries of the MI largess. Probably one of many that egged O into Libya. GE CEO prob. has his eye on a bigger (or is it longer?) yacht.

    3. REMant  04/01/2011 11:47 AM Report

      Baseball is probably number three on the list nowadays, behind football and basketball, if not also NASCAR. And I think deservedly so. I lost interest in it when the player's unions and owners began thinking more of their pocketbooks than the fans and cities footing the bills for them, tho, of course it's not confined to baseball. Probably due to TV more than anything else, since there is little restraint on what advertising can take out of ppl's wallets, so they can be safely ignored, and of course if they stop filling the stands the owner can always move the team somewhere else, where they'll gladly go into hock to build a stadium. Then there was the obvious use of steroids, the hypocritical treatment of players like Pete Rose, and the continuing attempt to limit entry into this cash cow. Tho I've no doubt there are some decent athletes and coaches in the game, I think frankly it involves mostly a bunch of crooks. And I can't say much more for those fans who put up with it all, or have become converted to the idea that the game is a matter of trades and statistics as if it were an extension of Wall St instead of a test of skill and endurance.