I was actually a little disappointed there was no strike. It would’ve made for great entertainment (not to mention blog fodder). All the coverage of the last-minute agreement was illing. Lemmesee, Messrs. Selig and Fehr narrowly avoid putting a .45 into their mouths and blowing baseball’s brains all over its fans, so they promtply call a self-congratulatory press conference where they proceed to slobber all over one another? Pardon me if I steer clear of this group masturbation session. This agreement wasn’t “historic,” both sides didn’t come out “winners,” and there’s no reason for “celebration.” Each side barely managed to avoid suffocating themselves with their own greed. Congratulations.

One good thing that might come out of all of this is baseball returning to D.C. With contraction now put off until at least 2006, and with the Montreal Expos bleeding money, Selig’s hand will likely be forced to find some way to generate revenue. Moving Montreal to D.C., and perhaps Florida or Tampa Bay to Charlotte or New Orleans seem like obvious remedies.

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