Following Bud Selig’s universally lambasted halting of the All-Star Game in an 11th inning tie and on the heels of a player’s strike *and* controversy over the use of steroids, Bud Selig announced that two major league teams are in extreme economic straits. He elaborated that one team might not be able to pay its players on Monday (its payroll date) and the other might not finish the season because of its debts.
Well, this might not actually be Bud’s fault (this time) but is rather a byproduct of the enormously inflated salaries (and egos) of the players and the owners that are willing (or forced to) pay up. I can see the whole season exploding any day now, and unless some major reforms are put into place I think that baseball will never regain the fans’ support.