Comments on: When Did Baseball Take a Turn for the Worse? http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/02/13/where-did-baseball-take-a-turn-for-the-worse/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:08:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: chuck harrison http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/02/13/where-did-baseball-take-a-turn-for-the-worse/comment-page-1/#comment-108 chuck harrison Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:15:05 +0000 http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/02/13/where-did-baseball-take-a-turn-for-the-worse/#comment-108 I wonder if baseball is just the beginning with the steroid scandal. Like could NFL football and NHL hockey be next? In both sports I wouldn't be surprised if steroids does surface again at somepoint. But the baseball steroid scandal has really rocked the boat at this point. Question is now how can the baseball commissioner remedy this scandal? I'm thinking of all of you baseball fans out there. I don't blame any of them being upset over the issue. Including Alexis. Down road congress or the Baseball commission is going to have to put the foot down to discipline players who take steroids and such. If not baseball could loose it's fan base. I wonder if baseball is just the beginning with the steroid scandal.
Like could NFL football and NHL hockey be next? In both sports I wouldn’t be surprised if steroids does surface again at somepoint. But the baseball steroid scandal has really rocked the boat at this point. Question is now how can the baseball commissioner remedy this scandal? I’m thinking of all of you baseball fans out there. I don’t blame any of them being upset over the issue. Including Alexis. Down road congress or the Baseball commission is going to have to put the foot down to discipline players who take steroids and such. If not baseball could loose it’s fan base.

]]> By: Julie Parker http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/02/13/where-did-baseball-take-a-turn-for-the-worse/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Julie Parker Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:10:02 +0000 http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/02/13/where-did-baseball-take-a-turn-for-the-worse/#comment-56 Hi Alexis, Don't feel bad about your blog... I write for 7 and I just do the best I can. Writing the posts is the fun part but replying to all the posts can be more challenging. My suggestion to you is "Get help if you need it", girl, a low cost quality intern can dictate your note and make your posts for you. A good blog for me is interesting, short and has useful information. I like blogs with photos, videos, contests, surveys and such that encourage participation in solving a problem, getting an answer or getting opinions on a topic. I especially like to blog about the Youth and foreign affairs as I think that they youth are the future back bone of this country and foreign affairs will be the bread and butter of a global market once China stands on her legs. Youth impact our country when communities are full of loietering kids doing drugs and crime... if we don't give them life skills we won't have the future we really desire. Now about baseball: I personally am bored with American Sports unless I'm playing or watching friends or family. American Baseball is too fat (meaning that the rich ball players are living like kings at the expense of tickets and fans) and the Bay Area Fans are lazy (meaning too few show up- in Oakland Anyway). I used to love the A's Games but its just not the same. Oakland now is so full of crime its scary to go out there and park your car. I will be going to Oakland this Saturday, as there is a huge benefit dinner at the Oakland Airport Hilton on the 16th for Lifeskills 411. Its a non profit I support that is working to solve the issues in Oakland and around the globe with our youth. Well have fun on vacation and check out our online TV Station and Blogs at Stellar Enterise. We are the Bay Area 's rising Stars. www.stellarvision.tv Hi Alexis,

Don’t feel bad about your blog… I write for 7 and I just do the best I can. Writing the posts is the fun part but replying to all the posts can be more challenging.

My suggestion to you is “Get help if you need it”, girl, a low cost quality intern can dictate your note and make your posts for you.

A good blog for me is interesting, short and has useful information.
I like blogs with photos, videos, contests, surveys and such that encourage participation in solving a problem, getting an answer or getting opinions on a topic.
I especially like to blog about the Youth and foreign affairs as I think that they youth are the future back bone of this country and foreign affairs will be the bread and butter of a global market once China stands on her legs.

Youth impact our country when communities are full of loietering kids doing drugs and crime… if we don’t give them life skills we won’t have the future we really desire.

Now about baseball: I personally am bored with American Sports unless I’m playing or watching friends or family. American Baseball is too fat (meaning that the rich ball players are living like kings at the expense of tickets and fans) and the Bay Area Fans are lazy (meaning too few show up- in Oakland Anyway). I used to love the A’s Games but its just not the same. Oakland now is so full of crime its scary to go out there and park your car.

I will be going to Oakland this Saturday, as there is a huge benefit dinner at the Oakland Airport Hilton on the 16th for Lifeskills 411. Its a non profit I support that is working to solve the issues in Oakland and around the globe with our youth.

Well have fun on vacation and check out our online TV Station and Blogs at Stellar Enterise. We are the Bay Area ’s rising Stars. http://www.stellarvision.tv

]]> By: Scott http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/02/13/where-did-baseball-take-a-turn-for-the-worse/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Scott Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:08:41 +0000 http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/02/13/where-did-baseball-take-a-turn-for-the-worse/#comment-55 Have fun at Disney. You deserve some time off and what a great place to take the kids. It has been a few years since I took my oldest son, and we live only two hours away. See you back on the air next week. Have fun at Disney. You deserve some time off and what a great place to take the kids.

It has been a few years since I took my oldest son, and we live only two hours away.

See you back on the air next week.

]]> By: MavsMaven http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/02/13/where-did-baseball-take-a-turn-for-the-worse/comment-page-1/#comment-54 MavsMaven Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:07:51 +0000 http://glickreport.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/02/13/where-did-baseball-take-a-turn-for-the-worse/#comment-54 Sorry, but you jumped the gun on the Kidd trade. George blocked it. So its on hold for now. As for your baseball question, you have to be kidding, right? Cheating and this sport are as American as 4th of July and fireworks. Have you never heard of greenies? Forget illegal ingested substances, how about corked bats, greased pitches, 8 men out? The sport is riddled with cheaters and cheating ways, and as laughable as he is, John Rocker is the only one making sense about it now. That is, it's even a given with league officials. Given this, and considering all the pressure put on players to be "All Stars" (if you know anything about contracts then you know there are ridiculous bonus clauses -- pitchers can get extra $$ for finishing in the top 10 in batting) it is no wonder players try everything they can to gain any/every competitive advantage possible. Let's not be so elitist in judging them either. For every player taking up a roster spot, there is an infinite number of minor leagues and teenagers working their way up to the bigs. Their fame is short-lived and they can see the end of it from the moment they get their first taste of it. Not condoning using illegal substances, but the league didn't ban them until 2002 or 2003, and that wasn't because they didn't know of their existence... What's the big shame of the matter is the number of elected officials getting involved with this. What a waste of government time and taxpayer money. When did our government take such a turn for the worse? It's a pity. That is what you should be up in arms about. Sorry, but you jumped the gun on the Kidd trade. George blocked it. So its on hold for now.

As for your baseball question, you have to be kidding, right? Cheating and this sport are as American as 4th of July and fireworks. Have you never heard of greenies? Forget illegal ingested substances, how about corked bats, greased pitches, 8 men out? The sport is riddled with cheaters and cheating ways, and as laughable as he is, John Rocker is the only one making sense about it now. That is, it’s even a given with league officials. Given this, and considering all the pressure put on players to be “All Stars” (if you know anything about contracts then you know there are ridiculous bonus clauses — pitchers can get extra $$ for finishing in the top 10 in batting) it is no wonder players try everything they can to gain any/every competitive advantage possible. Let’s not be so elitist in judging them either. For every player taking up a roster spot, there is an infinite number of minor leagues and teenagers working their way up to the bigs. Their fame is short-lived and they can see the end of it from the moment they get their first taste of it. Not condoning using illegal substances, but the league didn’t ban them until 2002 or 2003, and that wasn’t because they didn’t know of their existence…

What’s the big shame of the matter is the number of elected officials getting involved with this. What a waste of government time and taxpayer money. When did our government take such a turn for the worse? It’s a pity. That is what you should be up in arms about.

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