Nobody opened their notebooks and started scribbling down the results or pretended that a stick was a microphone. There was a time when sports were played for fun, not money or fame. And people didn't even know, much less care, what a designated hitter was. It was just a game, not world peace. Fortunately for the writers, madness rules.
People pay top dollar to see overpaid athletes.
They love to watch it on TV and read the analysis in the newspaper. And while balancing the budget are numbers for the real world, statistical data for those fantasy league goof balls is what really counts. It's not rocket science, but it sure beats someone telling you the doctor will see you now. Paul Arnett has been covering sports for the Star-Bulletin since 1990.