Drabble by Kevin Fagan for February 13, 2022

Well, baseball players are locked out so the wait might be longer.

Politicizing NFL football with the BLM movement and “taking knees”, killed football for me…..

There’s probably no baseball this season as a bunch of greedy owners and players are arguing.

It’s been a long time since I sat through a half time show. Those are really bad.

I don’t follow sports at all. I couldn’t even tell you who was playing in the supper bowl this year. I quit watching sports about 35 years ago when baseball went on strike. I might tune in for a baseball game if Montreal was in the playoffs, just like i might watch a Stanley Cup game if the Nordique were playing, but otherwise i couldn’t care less about sports.

After a life long love of professional baseball, I gave it up a few years ago, tired of all the incessant problems caused by players/owners squabbling over the $.

I had to listen to the news report TWICE! One restaurant has orders for 12 TONS of WINGS!!! No typo 12 TONS for one restaurant!! I recommend buying leg quarters in the coming weeks CHEAP!!

I’m with Wally, but it is going to be a late season if it even happens. :(

Go Wally, with you.

espn killed pro sports for me.

Should have become a baseball player – with these salaries, you can’t go wrong:

Minimum salary: MLB’s proposal gives the MLBPA the alternative to choose between two systems. In the first, players would receive a single minimum salary of $630,000 in 2022, which would mark an increase more than twice as large as the $27,500 bump the players received in the first year of the last CBA. Under this system, the minimum salary would not be capped — meaning teams could give discretionary raises — while the $59,500 increase from 2021 to 2022 would nearly match the increase ($63,000) over the five years of the entire prior CBA.

The league’s other proposal features a tiered salary scale which would pay $615,000 for 0+ Major League service players, $650,000 for 1+ MLS players, and $725,000 for 2+ MLS players – the latter of which is an increase of $15,000 from the prior proposal. Compared to the current minimum salary of $570,500, players would receive a 16% raise ($278,500) over their first three years of service under this plan – and that’s not factoring in a pre-arbitration bonus pool.

Yeah, pitchers and catchers!

Amen!

I’m with Wally!

Wally and I are waiting for the lockout to end!!

Is that today? YAWN!

Does anyone remember Super Bowl XXXIV? Now that was one for the books!

Be nice if the baseball labor dispute could be resolved, more for the people who work in the stadiums and the surrounding areas. I find it interesting between this strip and today’s ‘FoxTrot’ that most comments on sports oriented strips are often critical rather than supportive; ‘Win, Lose, or Drew’ is the same way. I shouldn’t be surprised as most of the comments on the editorial cartoons seem to come from people who don’t agree with the cartoonist’s own outlook; similar situation I see. Some days, especially during this pandemic, I’ve wondered if as a society we deserve things like sports. Whatever you do today, have a good Sunday.

To the refrigerator everyone scrams. We raise our Beers and yell “Let’s Go RAMS!!!” (And please let Baseball start on time!)

I think Wallie would rather watch the puppy bowl.

Mom may have trouble singing along to todays halftime rap show.

I did not get to watch the Warriors beat the Lakers last night so I’ll be watching the recording of that game instead. I know how it ends, I just want to see how they get there.

Some will be watching for the triumphant return of the E*Trade baby.

There’s a game?

Have we seen Grandma before?

Personally, during the Super Bowl, I’ll be rooting for the commercials.

As for baseball and the lockout, I’m counting down until players are on the field again. Hopefully soon.

Why is June singing The Banana Splits theme?

I am a life long baseball fan and hopefully my Oregon State baseball team will bridge the gap until MLB get things settled.

I’m with you, Wally.

And some of would rather that normal TV shows be on – as the stupid bowl is a waste of air time.