Ever since Bud Selig has been in as baseball commissioner ticket prices have skyrocketed and corporate support increased to the point that they are now funding the sport. I keep hearing solutions from various ESPN hosts like “shorten the season” or “create some urgency”, how about this - - LOWER TICKET PRICES! In my book “Strike Three” we talked about the crumbling economy in major league baseball and we offered solutions. Now the Dodgers are bankrupt and soon MLB will have to assume control to pay the players. More teams are up against the “debt wall” and teams like the New York Mets are treading water. It’s a bit sad, even adding more playoff games isn’t going to cut it.

The introduction talks about the Brooklyn Dodgers, my mom’s favorite team, and the team my grandfather followed religiously. This book had me right there. But I read on…

I've been watching baseball since 1951, that's as far back as my memory goes where I can recall actual games I was at or have seen on TV. So that includes a very long list of super stars and Hall of Famers. DiMaggio, Williams, Aaron, Mays,
Clemente, Musial and you can fill in the rest for that 59-year period.

I used to be a Dodger fan back in the day. The Brooklyn Dodgers that is. I tell people today that if you have never seen a game at Ebbets Field you haven't really seen baseball.

Forever, I've desired to know the inner thoughts of the Executive minds that rule the "Game" of baseball. Former Dodgers GM Fred Claire has opened a window of baseball knowledge and wise decision making skills within his new book -- "My 30 years in Dodger Blue".