That was real baseball. We weren't playing for money. They gave us Mickey Mouse watches that ran backwards.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Back in my day, we didn't think about money as much. We enjoyed playing the game. We loved baseball. I didn't think about anybody else but the Cardinals.
It's a funny business. I kind of compare it to baseball. I'm always looking for a home run.
Baseball is a team game.
And then came the nineties, when management, suddenly frightened that they had ceded control to the players, sought to restore baseball's profitability by 'running the game like a business.'
Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.
The money I saved during baseball was probably all gone. I'm tapped out.
I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.
I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that.
Baseball has all the money.
When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye.