Yeah, looking to make more dough... he probably realizes the Yankees are going to look like idiots when he returns to them with a butt load of money that the skanks said they wouldnt pay him... sma...
They play 162 games versus a football player playing 16 or 82 for a hockey and basketball player. It's pretty much the equivalent.
they do NOTHING. they get a bruise on their finger and they're out for a few weeks. hockey players get a busted lip or hit in the head, they walk in the back, get stitched up and are right back out playing. its grittier and requires more skill...football too.
another over paid sport....basketball.
Uh, there are plenty of players that play with broken bones. The Red Sox 2nd baseman Dustin Pedroia played with a wrist fracture or something the last couple of months of the season. Carlos Delgado played the whole 2006 season with tennis elbow. Pedro Martinez's shoulder was falling off for like 3 yrs before he got it repaired. He still pitched. You don't have to be flung around by others to physically exert yourself. If you break up the football schedule into 162 segments of 16 games, the physical exertion doesn't sound so impressive then. Same with hockey or basketball.
What players make is based off of the revenue teams bring in.
then again, i dont watch sports to see people get hurt and then come back and still play. just because a sport is grittier doesnt make it better. also, most sports science research says that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports.
that being said, i love hockey. but baseball is my favorite sport, so i had to defend it :)
i wasnt saying that is the gist of sports...im saying that some take more of a beating in some sports than baseball.
Taking a beating is not skill.
im a big fan of both sports, altho id rather play then watch, and i gotta say... you have to atleast RESPECT a player, baseball or hockey that pushes through pain and continues playing while injured. its always impressed me atleast...
Definitely. Players with heart are fun to watch.
thats true. but baseball gets hated on here in ezabel world. when really, its, like, the best ever.
We're old school JP. At one time baseball was the ONLY sport that was talked about.
BTW, I hope Bonds goes to jail and they stricken his records from the book.
thats right. baseball is the only sport that is as big in the offseason as it is during the season. every day, the sports page in the star ledger has baseball news right on the front sports page! so im excited for hot stove talk.
yeah i'm with you guys, I love baseball more than anything else. I've come to realize not everyone feels this way, oh well
You need to chime in more buddy. We need more Pro-Baseballers.