the Cardinals hiring Mark McGuire as their batting coach?
He's probably be a better fit as their sports medicine coach.
No doubt he can hit the ball. I suspect he'll be great at teaching others how to do the same. It's just a shame that a guy with that ability played in the juiciest era of baseball.
(10-27-2009 01:22 PM)Scotto Wrote: [ -> ]He's probably be a better fit as their sports medicine coach.
No doubt he can hit the ball. I suspect he'll be great at teaching others how to do the same. It's just a shame that a guy with that ability played in the juiciest era of baseball.
I always thought he got a raw deal. He was big enough and strong enough to hit the ball a country mile. I don't know what type of illegal substances he used, but at that time, I'll bet half the players in the league used. The owners have short memories. Baseball was really down due to the strike that wiped out the World Series. Personally, I've never regained any interest. But I've heard some experts who follow the game say that McGuire and Sammy Sosa personally saved baseball. The interest created in that home run year brought a lot of fans back. Those owners should kneel down and kiss McGuire's feet instead of vilifying him. What a bunch of hypocrites.
That, and it's undeniable how the media has made a conscious effort to keep baseball going, even though fewer and fewer people care about it, due to the strike and steroids. I remember when Jim Rome was still on the radio. It could be the middle of December and he'd spend literally half to 75% his show talking baseball, ad nauseum, in the middle of football and basketball seaon!
It just seems to me that the ratio of baseball coverage to actual baseball fan is incredibly lopsided, mopreso than any other sport. No disrespect intended to any baseball fans out there. I stiull enjoy going to a game, but it's not really even about the baseball game for me, rather the beer and dogs and company, etc.
(10-27-2009 05:50 PM)eh9198 Wrote: [ -> ]That, and it's undeniable how the media has made a conscious effort to keep baseball going, even though fewer and fewer people care about it, due to the strike and steroids. I remember when Jim Rome was still on the radio. It could be the middle of December and he'd spend literally half to 75% his show talking baseball, ad nauseum, in the middle of football and basketball seaon!
It just seems to me that the ratio of baseball coverage to actual baseball fan is incredibly lopsided, mopreso than any other sport. No disrespect intended to any baseball fans out there. I stiull enjoy going to a game, but it's not really even about the baseball game for me, rather the beer and dogs and company, etc.
While baseball is my favorite sport, I rarely watch a game in any professional sport. You mentioned baseball, the strike, and steroids in the same breath.
You failed to mention the football strike several years ago, the drugs in that sport, and the same in pro basketball, plus all the illegitimate kids. It all stinks. All that plus those athletes making waaaaayyyyyy too much money. No way an athlete should make more than a heart surgeon.
I generally watch the playoffs, and the World Series in baseball, the playoffs in the NBA if Fish is involved, and the Super Bowl. That's All Folks.
You also mentioned something about too many baseball games. Damn, there's a football game on every night somewhere. I've seen Saturday's Clemson football game replayed at least three times since Saturday, and it's only Tuesday. There's even a high school game one every Thursday night. That's great, I have no problem with the Thursday games, I think it's good for the sport, but what is considered too many. Certainly I believe there are more football games on weekly than baseball games.