Time For Abner To Go Home

If you follow this commentary, you know, I am a baseball fan. But the lack of major league action this summer has made me less dependent on television for my evening entertainment.

For weeks, I have followed the talks between the owners and players’ union…and I find myself in total agreement with Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith. Enough. These talks are going nowhere and with the addition of racial unrest to go along with the continuing pandemic, it's time to call the season.

The Wizard made some compelling points in an interview this week with the St. Louis Post Dispatch where he said he believed “it’s just not the right time,” to start baseball.

The two sides continue to negotiate…but I don’t like any of the current proposals…..half a season starting in a couple of weeks…..or the owners' 50-game proposal. And all of the plans are in fan-less stadiums. I’d watch, but it just wouldn’t be the same.

Baseball is a game which marks summer. It’s like my calendar---Memorial Day is one-fourth of the way in-----The Fourth of July is halfway---and Labor Day sounds the final stretch. Anything less just doesn’t appeal to me.

Smith says we deserve a full season. And that means Spring Training is a little over seven months away.

…which is soon enough for me.