This past Sunday was a superb spring day for Mets-Yankees. Warm, sunny, inviting. Too bad the expensive interleague matchup was sold as a night game for TV purposes.
CBS and ESPN can marinade all the solemn, sanctified glop on the Masters and its hallowed grounds and buildings they choose. Pastor Nantz’s hush-toned seasonal sermons can preach his reverence from the purity pulpits of Augusta till we begin to speak in tongues. But we’re not stupid.
The words recently spoken by Eagles GM Howie Roseman, self-made 49-year-old father of four and gatherer of Super Bowl champion personnel, made both noise and news.
After you’ve punched your best customer in the head, what’s the best way to apologize? That’s right, next kick him in the groin. It’s the Rob Manfred/MLB business model.