The press is reporting on the pending sale of the Chicago Cubs. Big story for our town. But there's back-story...!
Major League Baseball officials are worried about the 26% jump in big-ticket players stuck on the disabled list. Last year teams paid a half billion dollars to DL players sitting on the bench. So the question for probable Cub owner Ricketts is how to reduce this risk to his investment?
MBL officials theorize the plague of injuries might be because players, now living with drug testing, are afraid to use some of the meds that once helped them play through the pain. Maybe! But here's another theory. In a scandal-ridden era, maybe high-profile players are afraid of something else. Being caught by a gotcha press.
After all, how can a pricey player concentrate on his game when the lady he had dinner with last night may turn out to be the daughter of a Chicago politician? Or a member of the University of Illinois Admissions Board? Or a Latin American relative of our banished Governor??
So here's how some of us Cub fans figure it, Mr Ricketts. To avoid more lost millions on DL players, pass out a fact-sheet that lists which meds are legit and which girlfriends have absolutely, positively no connection with anybody in Illinois government.
OK, that might make for a pretty short list, but it could help. Right now, anything could....!
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Getting paid for being disabled? Only in America. Only in baseball. Something's wrong with this kind of math.
ReplyDeleteAs they say -- nice work if you can get it. But, you're right, the math is wrong!
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