# Things I must rant about, part 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 17, 2002, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-must-rant-about-part-2/124396 "2002-08-17T21:40:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![J.Galt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@J.Galt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J.Galt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-must-rant-about-part-2/124396/1 "2002-08-17T21:40:33Z")
This whole baseball strike sickens me. Both the players and the owners are incredibly greedy. For example, Alex Rodreguez (pardon my spelling), makes something like $21 million a year! In a recent interview, he said > [@](#): > > Baseball’s not all about the money to me _yeah right_, like I’m going to believe that… Baseball (or any professional sport for that matter), should not completely focus around money! These players make millions of dollars, and now they’re going on strike because they don’t feel they get enough. _come on people_ … ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-must-rant-about-part-2/124396/2 "2002-08-17T23:28:53Z")
Your Website sucks(IMHO), as it isn’t ready yet. Why post it? Baseball, as far as the players are concerned, IMHO, does NOT focus “completely about money.” These guys are professionals. Many of them are young, and have agents who tell them to go for it all because they may not be there tomorrow. It happens. Some of them are playing their hearts out for the love of the game. The fact that they can get paid stupid sums by stupid owners who have stupid radio/tv people paying them obscene amounts of money is the problem. They’re no different that actors/actresses. They simply are at the top of the food chain and can demand whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-must-rant-about-part-2/124396/3 "2002-08-17T23:53:58Z")
So, is this a thread for ranting about things in general, or ranting about the baseball strike, or ranting about J.Galt’s website? And anyway, how do you know his website sucks? ESP? 'Cause I don’t see a link… [tries to ignore the uncomfortable suspicion that _everyone else_ can see the link…] ---
**Author:** ![DougAB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@DougAB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougAB)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-must-rant-about-part-2/124396/4 "2002-08-18T01:34:53Z")
> [@](#): > > [tries to ignore the uncomfortable suspicion that everyone else can see the link…] Don’t worry, either it’s the warm summer air in my eyes, or nitrogen bubble in my brain, cause I don’t see it either.😕 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-must-rant-about-part-2/124396/5 "2002-08-18T02:25:46Z")
Your rants have all the heat and fire of a room temperature lump of pudding. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-must-rant-about-part-2/124396/6 "2002-08-18T03:19:11Z")
**DDG** If you really must, [http://www.geocities.com/yikesterville/](http://www.geocities.com/yikesterville/) I didn’t post a link. My comment was directed to Mr/Ms Galt. Accessed merely from the “profile” It must have been all the sex we had in the MRI. My effect on you is still clouding your vision. 😃