decade has passed and players who have half of Nolan Ryan’s skill are making more than he ever saw. This is not right, but it is the sign of the times in baseball and if baseball doesn’t soon do something to change it then all this money will destroy the precious game that legends have worked so hard to build. As mentioned before, it is unfair to blame the ball players; these men are just earning what is rightfully theirs. Baseball players have agents who tell them where they should go and what amount of money they should be making. Agents know the revenue side of baseball very well and also know that they can creep there way into all this money very easily. Some agents, who represent a number of high priced clients, have given sports a bad name with their constant greed. Agents, of course, get their fair share for negotiating a player’s contract. This is a quote from long time manager of the New York Mets, Casey Stengel, “The days when the players negotiated their own contracts are gone, so one cannot possibly blame the players. As long as we have such ruthless agents, there will always be big contracts.” These penny-pinching agents must be stopped before it’s too late and baseball once again goes on strike.The fans of baseball have been around for years. Including when the players went on strike in 1994 and there was no World Series for the first time in history. It took over 5 years for the fans to put it behind them and forgive the game of baseball. If there is another strike, the fans might never be able to put it behind them and forgive the game. As of recently, a few of the top players in baseball have said that if there is another strike, they would retire, because they would be embarrassed to be called a Major League Baseball Player. Maybe this will cause the owners, managers, and players to realize what they are doing to baseball. If something is not done immediately, the gam...
