KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) – From Yoenis Cespedes turning spring training into a luxury car show to having to pay up to $49 to watch a game that doesn’t count, baseball doesn’t seem the least bit concerned about the message it’s sending to the fans.
Forget the eternal hope of a new season.
The game is becoming a total turnoff.
Even on a warm, sunny day at Disney World, where the Atlanta Braves went through a leisurely workout that would normally be enough to soothe the soul, one couldn’t help but fret about the future of the national pastime.
Given that many struggling Americans haven’t had a raise in years, their frustration epitomized by a tumultuous presidential race, perhaps it wasn’t the best time for Cespedes to arrive at New York Mets camp in a different ride six days in a row.