I've spent years watching 162 games. Loyal fan of one team, and interested in how 3 other teams were doing.
Then came the DH. How I dislike that whole thing. Why is the pitcher so pampered? He pitches in every 5th game. He usually only pitches for 5 or 6 innings. What makes him so special that now someone has to go up to the plate and hit for him? Can't he learn to hit the ball and run the bases? We even had one pitcher in the National League that hit the ball, and barely trotted towards first base, and then took a hard right and went to the dugout BEFORE he was out. How lazy! The fans in the stands booed him, and he deserved it.
Why not have the DH step in for the catcher? He's in every game, squatting behind the plate. And usually for all 9 innings. After 5 or 6 seasons, if the guy could run, by now he can't. That position destroys his knees and legs. Let him have someone step in for him, that I could go along with.
Then there's the cost of tickets. I bought 4 tickets along the first base side and between the tickets, and parking it cost over $300.00. You have to be kidding. That much for 3 to 3 1/2 hours of entertainment? And don't think about food or a jersey or hat. That sure blows the old entertainment budget.
Now, there's the amount of money these players get paid. When the contracts were signed and they were $400 MIL for just one guy. Nope, I'm done. That's me and every other fan paying that. The price of tickets, memorabilia costs, and the cost of a sports package to watch on TV all that has just gotten too expensive. They are even talking about each team having their own channel. Okay, I'm finished.
No player, actor, singer entertainer in any field is worth that kind of money. It's no wonder those in the entertainment business think they are so important and special. They think of themselves as heroes.
In baseball they say if someone is hitting well they are batting 300 or more. Come on, that's getting up to bat 10 times and only accomplishing what he is supposed to do 3 of those times. If the rest of us to as we are supposed to do only 3 out of 10 times, we are on our way home, not getting paid millions of dollars.
I am not watching baseball any more. That's it. There are many other types of work that is much more important, and those people don't get paid anywhere close to what these folks that hit a ball get paid.
The person that goes out in a blizzard to repair downed power lines, the doctor that develops a lifesaving medicine, the people that come through helping people to live (doctors, nurses, etc.) The heating & cooling guy that goes out to fix a broken furnace when it 20 degrees out, the teachers that work with our children, and many many others. They actually do something that matters. And they get paid a whole lot less.
The cost of entertainment is just not worth it anymore. At least, not to me.
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