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Originally Posted by Lotus
I'm just one guy but I have forgiven neither baseball nor the NHL. They haven't seen a penny from me since they disgusted me. Their problems made me more of a soccer and lacrosse fan.
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I reacted slightly differently. I counted the number of days that MLB was on strike and then I doubled that number. For that many days after the players and management settled, I did not give them a dime of my money.
Then I went back to seeing games - - but not at the same rate that I did before the strike for an interesting reason. In my "boycott period", I discovered how interersting it is to watch minor league baseball.
Even today, I see a greater number of minor league baseball games every year than I do major league games - - although I spend far more on the major league games in total than I do for the minor league games.
Sadly, in the DC area, there is no really interesting "minor league football" - - aka college football. Probably the most interesting place to go is Navy; I only do that about once every other year. Maryland used to be interesting but is no longer. Same goes for UVa. Va Tech is just too far to drive in a day. I have gone to see Delaware play a few times too over the years. My sister is an alum and has access to good tix once in a while.