Is Anyone Awake?

 My son wants to see a Yankee game this year as it is the last year for Yankee Stadium. My contention is let's go to the stadium when they aren't playing and ask to walk around just to feel the history.  Baseball, as with any other professional sport is becoming a national joke and role model players for today's youth are almost totally non-existent.  The American fan has to be smoking something strange if he thinks he's getting his money's worth attending one of these farces. Personally, I don't want to fork out a weeks pay to go see a bunch of overpaid cry babies playing a children's game while complainig how unfairly they are getting treated. So, while I had a few minutes I decided to breakdown their third baseman's contract. You remember Alex Rodriguez, the man with a lifetime playoff average lower than some bowling averages. He had some problems accepting the Yankees offer. Basically this is what he makes. $24038.00 per day, that is $1002.00 per hour 24 hours a day or better yet, $17.00 per minute, every minute of every day.  The average sports fan busts his butt at his job, then wastes a week of it going to see these guys play, that is, if they don't have a hangnail and are on the injured reserve list. Oh, by the way, this is salary. This doesn't include the excessive meal money and expenses these guys get for living. I confess, I'm as bad as the next guy and have been to a few Philadelphia games (Phillies, Eagles and Sixers). It might be a cold day in Hell before I go again. Unless the fan wakes up, these figures I've shown are only going to get worse. Even if you aren't a fan, you pay for it in the products you buy because the company forks out millions in advertising. In conclusion, I will be attending some games this year but they will be little league, peewee football and maybe a few high school games. Better tell the kids to forget studying and start practicing. Side note, if you think these guys are worth it. The New York Giants will be playing the Atlanta Falcons in London next year. The Atlanta Falcons star linebacker (a graduate of the University of Florida) went to the owners and demanded a translator when they go to London. I'm assuming, he did NOT major in nuclear physics. God Bless. God Help us.