Well look guys, Ripken's streak was great for baseball. But that was years ago. The McGwire-Sosa home run chase was great as well. But that was in 1998. Plus Sosa may very well be traded by the Chicago Cubs this year.
Baseball is in bad shape.
At the conclusion of the World Series in 2001, the current labor agreement will come to an end and everybody will see exactly what type of shape baseball is in. A lock-out by owners or a strike by the players is imminent. Money, of course. Everybody wants it. Players want to get paid millions, owners of big market clubs don't want to pay players millions and they don't want share the money their teams locally generate with other clubs, while owners of small market clubs don't want to pay players millions and want to share the money bigger market teams are getting from local television and radio contracts.