As the weather turns to spring like temperatures, most MLB cities would be in high anticipation of the Opening Day festivities that should normally be just days away.
Unfortunately, as the MLB lockout enters into its fourth full month of work stoppage, no one knows on what day any Opening Day ceremonies can be scheduled.
Will the players budge first, or will the owners feel the loss of revenue and throw in the towel?
A few reporters and even a few MLB players have begun to wonder, do the owners really care about losing games early in the season?
When Chris Goforth dove a little deeper into the topic of the MLB lockout, he referred to former Atlanta Brave OF Jason Heyward, who was interviewed earlier this week in Chicago and Jason was quoted to be skeptical of the owner’s thoughts on the early season revenue.
“There are a lot of reasons in April that people stay home instead of coming out to the ballpark”, said Chris when speaking candidly about some of the reasons why the owners may not be super upset about the cancellation of the early games.
Kids are still in school, northern cities are still facing winter like forecasts, and other major sports are very active are just a few of the reasons Chris listed of why Heyward’s conspiracy theory may have some merit.
We all know that MLB attendance grows as the season gets into the summer months, and the other major sports are on break, but could this have really been the owners plan all along?