Quote Originally Posted by Nasty_Boy View Post
The worst part about this for me personally, is that I have an 8 year old who is ate up with sports, and 17 year old who has accompanied me on road trips to 13 different parks. We spent the winter going to PBS and made memories that will last a life time... They'll never forget the KC game. So at risk of not going full Chris Carpenter here, I have a difficult time explaining to him (8 year old) why I'm ticked off at the Reds and why they are trading players like Winker. We went to multiple games last summer, he loved it... I took the oldest to Wrigley to watch them and we had a blast (along with a ton of TV time). They both are excited about making trips to GABP, and all I want to do is not give Bob a dime. I will relent because I don't want to take something away that we enjoy so much together. But man, Phil's comments yesterday burn right through me as I prepare to spend 2-3+ hundred dollars on weekend to trip to the park this summer. I'd much rather take them to PNC just so Bob doesn't directly get my money. It's truly infuriating.
It's not easy to explain MLB economics to young kids but small market teams have to do this from time to time