Selig needs to implement salary cap
Well, it looks as if the Brewers are back to their old ways, being the minor leagues for the Yankees. I don't blame Mark Attanasio; he's a good owner. I blame Dud Selig for not having enough intestinal fortitude to tell the players union there is going to be a salary cap. Dud is the worst thing to happen to Baseball since Bowie Kuhn.
I know people are going to say, "Oh, he brought Baseball back to Milwaukee," and then he and his family fleeced the taxpayers out of all that money to build the stadium, then sold the team. If it weren't for the new stadium, he maybe would have gotten $35 million. I think he owes us, the taxpayers, about $100 million.
The players are a bunch of whiners. If they complain about playing for $5 million a year, let them get a real job.
After a salary cap is enforced, the owners should be forced to lower ticket prices to affordable rates; otherwise they will reap too much money. As for me, I'm a Baseball fanatic but I'm done with it until somebody stands up and puts a stop to this. It sure won't be the Yankees' lackey, Dud Selig.
Thomas Dollhopf
Milwaukee
We all fell for Sabathia's lies
Mr. Sabathia, you're a better liar than the likes of Carlos Lee and Francisco Cordero. You lied through that split in your teeth, saying you would love to stay in Milwaukee and that the fans were great to you; then saying you would love to play in California; claiming you wanted to stay in the National League in order to hit; and stating in USA Today that you weren't going to New York.
Lee and Cordero didn't fool me with their sweet talk, but for some reason, you did. I thought you were the real deal. You ended up doing the last thing I thought you would do.
Mr. Sabathia, you are going to choke on those lies and the $161 million that you will receive when you give up that first grand slam, as you did to us in the playoffs, and the New York media beat you to a pulp.
Thanks for the memories.
Rick Schueller
Milwaukee
Grant could learn from former teammate
I hope Ryan Grant watched the Giants-Panthers game last Sunday. Derrick Ward showed Grant how to be a true professional running back by gaining more than 200 yards.
Wow!
Chuck Bekos
Milwaukee
Packers' leaders must be held accountable
Since the beginning of the season, the Packers' play has been going backward with an abundance of penalties, missed tackles and terrible special teams play.
And how many weeks have we all heard coach Mike McCarthy say he will fix the problem. I'm sorry, Coach. You haven't fixed anything.
The head coach, the coaching staff and the general manager all have to be held accountable for this mess.
Are you hearing this, Mr. Murphy?
Claude Duernberger
West Bend
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