Comments on: Baseball is overserved from champagne celebrations

By: EW

EW — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:18:50 +0000

Who cares? It’s nobody’s business but the players’ how they should celebrate.

By: Heatonator

Heatonator — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:31:13 +0000

Same stuff here:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=3633371&sportCat=mlb&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab5pos1

By: RM

RM — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:02:51 +0000

Yes, Shelman will be missed after the move over to Augsburg Technical College… He has been one of my favorite Strib writers for a long time. Good luck to him in his future endeavors.

By: Pete D

Pete D — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:05:52 +0000

sid -

“The fact that pseudo-adults drinking and acting like asses on TV is not good is also undeniable.”

If something is not good, does that make it bad? I agree with mike wants wins - what’s the harm? I have never heard of a high school or little league team having a champagne celebration after winning a tournament. If this is bad for the kids, where are all the reports of underage champagne celebrations?

By: bufftwins

bufftwins — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:43:13 +0000

I just don’t get the big champagne celebration after winning the first round of the playoffs? What exactly have they won? It’s just one series. I can see winning the division, the league championship and the World Series. No other sport does it like baseball? In hockey, they don’t even celebrate the conference championship with champagne only the Stanley Cup. In hockey, they are so focused on the ultimate prize.
I still have the empty bottle of champagne from the ‘87 Twins World Championship. My dad had put it on ice with me not even knowing. It was a great way to celebrate the Twins first ever title!

By: GO BREWERS

GO BREWERS — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:31:14 +0000

My team stayed up into the wee hours celebrating our wonderful playoff berth. A lot of good that did.