The what if on Griffey is interesting. The 2000 offense would have undoubtedly been better, but not having Hampton for that season would have been a real problem and they wouldn’t have had anyone to fill that role. The what if on Larkin accepting a trade that Summer is interesting too but I think he got hurt by the end of that season so maybe nothing would have changed.
This is the owners' lockout and the owners timetable. Unless the players totally cave, surrender more (and willingly "lose" another CBA), this lockout will last for as long as the owners want. They don't mind a shortened season so long as they get the expanded playoffs. In fact, there's very little disagreement here on issues; they just need to cut up the pie fairly. A couple of months ago I thought June. Nothing has changed my mind. Manfred, grrrr.
The what if on Griffey is interesting. The 2000 offense would have undoubtedly been better, but not having Hampton for that season would have been a real problem and they wouldn’t have had anyone to fill that role. The what if on Larkin accepting a trade that Summer is interesting too but I think he got hurt by the end of that season so maybe nothing would have changed.
This is the owners' lockout and the owners timetable. Unless the players totally cave, surrender more (and willingly "lose" another CBA), this lockout will last for as long as the owners want. They don't mind a shortened season so long as they get the expanded playoffs. In fact, there's very little disagreement here on issues; they just need to cut up the pie fairly. A couple of months ago I thought June. Nothing has changed my mind. Manfred, grrrr.