I can see why, as everything seems to be going the way of the content mill these days. Much like the direction Yahoo followed, I consider it a "People Magazine"

I can see why, as everything seems to be going the way of the content mill these days. Much like the direction Yahoo followed, I consider it a "People Magazine" effect. Both ESPN's site and MLB's own have pushed the sport into the background, and oftentimes the cover pages don't even discuss game results, but rather stories of some personal angle, or whatever is most inflammatory: this guy punched that one, that guy's making a million dollars a year long after his retirement (despite the team getting the benefit of what is essentially a payment plan), etc. Make 'em laugh or make 'em mad. The players are dressing up in costumes, or even posing naked for magazines (at least a couple of times now). The game becomes more of a vehicle, a means to a different end. Eyeballs and advertising. Of course that's why all that money's there to begin with...