[Strangler Lewis]

I am a fan of all major sports. However, developments in the game--or in the culture--can cause them to go to sh*t as pro basketball and heavyweight boxing have. You can't tell me that the rise of the closer, the set-up man, starters who only go five innings and the longer time between pitches have made baseball more watchable. Nor have the tough-guy chinbeards, mohawks and "cowboy up" nonsense made baseball players more worthy of being boyhood heroes in my book.