Financial woes

A number of fans are pissed off, as we see in Paul Meyer's mailbag, by their perception of Dave Littlefield using the "financial woes" excuse.

I've said before this is a real loser. Fans find such talk repulsive. We shouldn't hear this from anyone who works for or administrates the team. Not Mac, not Dave Littlefield, not anyone else. Let the sports writers and fans bitch about it.

I didn't hear the comments DL made that sparked those letters to Paul Meyer but it's pretty obvious that his choice of words could have been better.

If you want to get engaged but can only afford to spend $400 on the ring, do you get down on one knee and talk about your financial woes?

This should be common sense. I blame Bud Selig for this whining epidemic, but I won't get into that now.