Serves ’em right

According to the WaPo, this was the lowest-rated World Series ever:

The seven-game series between the Anaheim Angels and San Francisco Giants suffered a 24 percent drop from the 2001 Series, when the Arizona Diamondbacks won in seven games over the New York Yankees. This year’s 11.9 average rating represented a 4 percent drop from the previous lowest-rated Series, the Yankees’ five-game victory over the New York Mets in 2000.

I say, good. Major League Baseball, as currently practiced, is an abomination. The players, by and large, don’t seem to care about The Game; they care about The Paycheck. The owners are greedy even by contemporary American standards, and the league management… well, this says it all. Maybe it’s because I didn’t watch baseball growing up (South Louisiana is football territory), but if I never saw another major-league game it would be OK with me. I’d rather go watch minor-league teams like the Mud Hens or the Stars: the players play harder, and they evidence joy and respect for the game in a way that most major leaguers haven’t for some time now.