Commentary
Matt Gottfried
Issue date: 3/26/08 Section: Sports
Unless you're an avid baseball fan or happened to wake up at 6 a.m. Tuesday morning, you probably didn't know the Major League Baseball season has begun.
Now I know what you're thinking: Yesterday was only March 25, he must be talking about a spring training game. Unfortunately that's not the case, as Oakland and Boston kicked off the 2008 season with a non-exhibition game in Tokyo, Japan.
And I say non-exhibition so as to not confuse it with the exhibition games every other major league team is still playing in their respective Florida and Arizona spring training sites.
And I say non-exhibition so as to not confuse the two-game regular season series with the three-game exhibition series that will take place this weekend between the Los Angeles Dodgers and - you guessed it, Boston...
I thought the same thing! That just cost Oakland's fans 2 home games. That's just plain stupid! Ok, if you want to send them over for some exhibition games, fine, but to start the season of America's past-time outside the U.S. is nuts. What makes it even worse is having the game take place half way around the world so that the game time is such the the 2 teams fans aren't going to be able to watch(especially Oakland's). I've always thought Bud Selig was a dim bulb, but this proves it.
Unless you're an avid baseball fan or happened to wake up at 6 a.m. Tuesday morning, you probably didn't know the Major League Baseball season has begun.
Now I know what you're thinking: Yesterday was only March 25, he must be talking about a spring training game. Unfortunately that's not the case, as Oakland and Boston kicked off the 2008 season with a non-exhibition game in Tokyo, Japan.
And I say non-exhibition so as to not confuse it with the exhibition games every other major league team is still playing in their respective Florida and Arizona spring training sites.
And I say non-exhibition so as to not confuse the two-game regular season series with the three-game exhibition series that will take place this weekend between the Los Angeles Dodgers and - you guessed it, Boston...
I thought the same thing! That just cost Oakland's fans 2 home games. That's just plain stupid! Ok, if you want to send them over for some exhibition games, fine, but to start the season of America's past-time outside the U.S. is nuts. What makes it even worse is having the game take place half way around the world so that the game time is such the the 2 teams fans aren't going to be able to watch(especially Oakland's). I've always thought Bud Selig was a dim bulb, but this proves it.
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