Both MLB and the players seem to think that they’re entitled to all the money that pours into them, and that the only question is how they’re going to divvy it up. Then, you get clowns like Jeff Gordon of the Post-Dispatch recommending that players like Hicks and Flaherty should refuse to perform during the season if they don’t get what they want prior to the start of the season. If there’s a strike, I think the backlash by the fans will be overwhelming.