Read It And Weep

Check out my good friend Matt Villano's new essay in this week's edition of Newsweek. It's on major league baseball's erosion through everything from over-commericalization to the recent steroid scandals. It's a sad commentary that makes us fans of the game long for eras past.

My only problem with it was it didn't mention my own pet peeve: baseball's decision to corrupt the playoffs with all this wild card nonsense. I'm more of a traditionalist who liked the regular season to mean more, and liked that when a team actually made the playoffs, it meant something very, very special. But then again, that's just my own issue.

In all seriousness, give Matty's column a read - its a great one.