The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for April 12, 2010
April 11, 2010
April 13, 2010
Transcript:
Caesar: Sure, it's gonna be kind of a gloomy week, but...at lease the baseball strike was averted!
Huey: What a relief. I can continue ignoring pastime uninterrupted.
Ever since I found out that the combined salaries of the Yankee infield are more that the total payroll of any other ball club, I’ve given up on the whole concept of parity in baseball.
Excuse me SHEIK, but the Yankees (do I have to use a upper case Y?) average pay is $7 million, more than any team in any sport in the world. Luckily there are the Sox to put them in their place.Course in New England we may not have $250 million for one steroid batter or a new stadium with rest rooms, but we have a Nation.
Great. I get to read whining about the Yankees for the entire season. Their GM, front office & manager have nothing to do with their success? They paid hundreds of millions for Granderson, Winn & Vazquez?
Sheik, you could at least get your facts straight. Your whine is not true about all other clubs.
I’m afraid it’s real close to the truth. In this economy it stinks to see under-educated, over stimulated, ego inflated men earning more money than anyone else would ever dream of, considering their education. All of this while playing a game.
I still love baseball, but no team should be allowed to buy championships.
Obviously you never played a sport Pike. Why do they have to be uneducated and ego inflated? If you aren’t aware,your income directly correlates to the amount of people that you entertain, serve, etc. If millions of people are watching, that correlates to huge paychecks. It sucks,but nobody wants to see a teacher teach or a doctor operate. That’s just how it is. It’s not the athlete’s fault that he gets that much money. And it’s not like he just wakes up and has big league ability. He’s worked hard to get there. He dedicated his life to something. How you gonna complain? Have you dedicated your life to something to the point where you sacrifice almost everything? I doubt it and that’s why you make silly comments Pike.
delarel– I’m sorry if you think it was silly. However, the term I used was undereducated. No I never played a sport but I dedicated everything to the service of my country at the risk of life and limb. When I came home no-one gave a bleep. I bleeped it myself. I also have worked with plenty of promising sports stars who were injured out of the gate or while still in college. They all wanted to to start over in order to study harder and practice less. We are all entertained but served is not a term I would apply. You, sir or madam, are obviously the “silly” one since your comment implies things that I don’t see in your feigned passion. Good Day
This reference to ending the baseball strike brings to mind the decree of Federal District Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a Bronx native, who intervened more forcefully than most lawyers expected any judge to dare to do. It may not have been legal, but it restored the season - and the negotiations - so that any appeal would obviously be moot. And a settlement was better than some eventual ruinous verdict anyway. Plus, she realized all that from the start. Smart lady. That was back in 1994, eight years before the year the strike threat mentioned here was averted, but it was an effective “warning shot” for the ages.
I don’t think baseball players have the kind of time for education that those football players have! Pro football is about 20 hours a year of actual playing time, while baseball is at least 200. I think it’s OK to link salaries to the amount of work done.
Whether there should be free market capitalism is a valid question, but its answer is ideological.
Even if the right answer is to go with majority opinion, it’s a question of degree, not of principle. I don’t think America would ever want a law that pro baseball, football or basketball players must get the same pay as biathletes, curlers and show-dog handlers in order to be true to a principle of fairness.
batmanwithprep about 14 years ago
The way my Orioles have started out, maybe a strike would’ve been better than enduring this.
ksoskins about 14 years ago
Ever since I found out that the combined salaries of the Yankee infield are more that the total payroll of any other ball club, I’ve given up on the whole concept of parity in baseball.
lewisbower about 14 years ago
Excuse me SHEIK, but the Yankees (do I have to use a upper case Y?) average pay is $7 million, more than any team in any sport in the world. Luckily there are the Sox to put them in their place.Course in New England we may not have $250 million for one steroid batter or a new stadium with rest rooms, but we have a Nation.
brianrwhitacre about 14 years ago
Nunya, I hear you. I’m an Indians fan myself :(
freeholder1 about 14 years ago
Baseball: A good nap interrupted. (Thanks, Mark.)
mattro65 about 14 years ago
Great. I get to read whining about the Yankees for the entire season. Their GM, front office & manager have nothing to do with their success? They paid hundreds of millions for Granderson, Winn & Vazquez? Sheik, you could at least get your facts straight. Your whine is not true about all other clubs.
pawpawbear about 14 years ago
I’m afraid it’s real close to the truth. In this economy it stinks to see under-educated, over stimulated, ego inflated men earning more money than anyone else would ever dream of, considering their education. All of this while playing a game.
I still love baseball, but no team should be allowed to buy championships.
Brave forever.
delarel about 14 years ago
Obviously you never played a sport Pike. Why do they have to be uneducated and ego inflated? If you aren’t aware,your income directly correlates to the amount of people that you entertain, serve, etc. If millions of people are watching, that correlates to huge paychecks. It sucks,but nobody wants to see a teacher teach or a doctor operate. That’s just how it is. It’s not the athlete’s fault that he gets that much money. And it’s not like he just wakes up and has big league ability. He’s worked hard to get there. He dedicated his life to something. How you gonna complain? Have you dedicated your life to something to the point where you sacrifice almost everything? I doubt it and that’s why you make silly comments Pike.
pawpawbear about 14 years ago
delarel– I’m sorry if you think it was silly. However, the term I used was undereducated. No I never played a sport but I dedicated everything to the service of my country at the risk of life and limb. When I came home no-one gave a bleep. I bleeped it myself. I also have worked with plenty of promising sports stars who were injured out of the gate or while still in college. They all wanted to to start over in order to study harder and practice less. We are all entertained but served is not a term I would apply. You, sir or madam, are obviously the “silly” one since your comment implies things that I don’t see in your feigned passion. Good Day
avonsalis about 14 years ago
This reference to ending the baseball strike brings to mind the decree of Federal District Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a Bronx native, who intervened more forcefully than most lawyers expected any judge to dare to do. It may not have been legal, but it restored the season - and the negotiations - so that any appeal would obviously be moot. And a settlement was better than some eventual ruinous verdict anyway. Plus, she realized all that from the start. Smart lady. That was back in 1994, eight years before the year the strike threat mentioned here was averted, but it was an effective “warning shot” for the ages.
I don’t think baseball players have the kind of time for education that those football players have! Pro football is about 20 hours a year of actual playing time, while baseball is at least 200. I think it’s OK to link salaries to the amount of work done.
Whether there should be free market capitalism is a valid question, but its answer is ideological.
Even if the right answer is to go with majority opinion, it’s a question of degree, not of principle. I don’t think America would ever want a law that pro baseball, football or basketball players must get the same pay as biathletes, curlers and show-dog handlers in order to be true to a principle of fairness.