I live in Everett, WA, and I don't watch the Mariners anymore because I don't have ROOT SPORTS in my streaming service. It SHOULD be as basic as including local stations, but it isn't. It's a luxury add-on when it's available at all. I seldom go to games because of the cost; it's just not worth it to me, especially since the older I get the less I enjoy being in crowds. I am glad to see the Athletics get the hell outta Oakland. Oakland fans never seemed to "get" baseball, in my jaded, narrow opinion, and that punchbowl stadium the team played in didn't help matters. And the money...geez, the MONEY! The Mariners were so excited to get Robinson Cano' back in the day, payed a fortune for his contract, and every time the Mariners played the Astros, THEIR second baseman, Jose Altuve, would kick our ass. For a lot less money. When I lived in New York, I had a modest job, but I could afford a METS season tickets package one year. Weekend games. decent seats. It was great. And I could smoke cigars in the stands.
I know, this is an old man rant. Baseball will always be "a wonderful game," as described in Ring Lardner's song lyrics, but billionaires ruin everything.
I live in Everett, WA, and I don't watch the Mariners anymore because I don't have ROOT SPORTS in my streaming service. It SHOULD be as basic as including local stations, but it isn't. It's a luxury add-on when it's available at all. I seldom go to games because of the cost; it's just not worth it to me, especially since the older I get the less I enjoy being in crowds. I am glad to see the Athletics get the hell outta Oakland. Oakland fans never seemed to "get" baseball, in my jaded, narrow opinion, and that punchbowl stadium the team played in didn't help matters. And the money...geez, the MONEY! The Mariners were so excited to get Robinson Cano' back in the day, payed a fortune for his contract, and every time the Mariners played the Astros, THEIR second baseman, Jose Altuve, would kick our ass. For a lot less money. When I lived in New York, I had a modest job, but I could afford a METS season tickets package one year. Weekend games. decent seats. It was great. And I could smoke cigars in the stands.
I know, this is an old man rant. Baseball will always be "a wonderful game," as described in Ring Lardner's song lyrics, but billionaires ruin everything.
Play ball.
Milton Friedman would also tell you if you’re dissatisfied, stop providing revenue to these teams and this sport. Eventually, they’ll adapt, or die…