Countdown

I had to get started a little early on the long weekend by taking a half day of vacation.

After all, the Sooners open the season in a little over six hours. Gotta be ready. :)

For that reason, the baseball settlement among millionaires and billionaires really doesn't mean much to me. I'm glad that the Astros, whose pitching has been nails lately, are going to get the opportunity to catch the Cards. But if the game is as ill as the owners say it is, I just don't see how transferring revenues to the poorer (and, often, poorly managed) teams is going to fix the problems. What mechanism is going to stop those teams from pocketing that revenue, saying screw the fans, and keeping their bargain payrolls? We'll see I guess.

Or some will see. The Sooners are underway in a few hours, after all.

[Posted at 12:37 CST on 08/30/02] [Link]