Small Market Lockout

With the league championship series on underway, it seems to be clear that baseball is only for the richest of rich. If the Phillies and the Yankees oppose each other in the world series, the game one pitching match up would most likely be C.C. Sabathia against Cliff Lee. For those who are not aware, they are both Cy Young winners. They are both newly acquired to there teams this year and they both were pitching for the Cleveland Indians just a year and a half ago. Baseball has its player turnover. Players leave for better situations in all sports, but the new millennium has brought on a new meaning of fair in baseball. There was once upon my lifetime where the Royals, Indians, Pirates and Blue Jays were the cream of the crop in baseball. Now the only time they're relevant to baseball is when it comes time to trade one of there star players because they wont be able to sign them in the off-season. Making it no longer feasible to put together a collection of players in order to compete for a championship. While there is the rare exception, the world series trophy up for sale and Bum Selig is the auctioneer.!

"The most wonderful time of the year"

If you're a sports fan, there is no better month of the year than october. Baseball candle begins to burn the brightest with the playoffs in full swing. Football, college and pro is giving us a rush as the hard hitting, upsetting and over joyed action is finally back. Hockey starts with more skill and excitement than the year before, and basketball is building anticipation as preseason high flyers grace our tubes after a long awaited off season. I get a chill knowing there is no dead sports air. There is something happening every night that may not only be a moment, but history in the making. So I am force to borrow the phrase of one Andy Williams. "ITS The Most Wonderful Time of the YEEAARRRR........"