Owners can blame themselves By Rob Dibble Everybody and their brother has some kind of spin on the Alex Rodriguez situation. So let me throw in my two cents. First of all, let me give you something to think about.
People always say the players are ruining the game of baseball.
That couldn't be farther from the truth. Let me take you back six years, when I was the player representative for the Cincinnati Reds. Which meant I was the Reds' point guy when the union met in Washington, D.C. to decide how to handle the Strike. We were at the White House with all these high-ranking officials, including The Man, President Bill Clinton. Aside from being disrespectful, their tone underscored our notion that we were in this mess because of their approach to the business end of the game.