When they stopped playing on holidays for travel.
When I was a kid the Sox always played a Memorial Day doubleheader. I just got home figuring I had a game recorded from this afternoon. They don’t play today.
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IMO the MLB has always been a business, but it's relatively recently that everything youth and college baseball has become a business as well.
Somewhere around 1978 when my Dad sat me down and explained "the baseball facts of life". I saw the Red Sox trade for Dennis Eckersley and sign Yaz to a one year contract. I didn't understand why Yaz was only signed to a one-year contract as he was a fan favorite. My Dad was an HR Exec and explained how management and labor worked with and against each other to create a market. This made sense to me at the time as I was taking high school economics. So, that is where contracts come from.....
Same, when I realized players were treated like pawns.
When the Tigers offered a contract $75. Per month in Class C.
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Bob
I am a Cardinal fan. It has been obvious that they approach each season as a business. Many like me believe that 3 million through the turnstiles and being in contention in late Aug. are all they care about besides making money. This year, they will miss their goal.