by Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO–I’m not a big proponent of this long exhibition schedule it’s been a long, long March, MLB should just play the regular season games and I understand they have to get ready for the season and play the exhibition games but just play the games and get it over with. It’s got to the point where it’s long and ridiculous. They’ve been down there for six weeks now, spring training is too long, the games are too long.

Were at March 31st and they’re still on spring training that’s just too long and I know that in the three other major sports (NHL, NFL, & NBA) they don’t go nearly as long with the exhibition season. It’s just too long. People do love spring training to get out of the cold and enjoy the warm weather in Florida and Arizona.

One thing about spring training is they charge full price like this weekend the Giants and A’s play the Bay Bridge Series at AT&T and the Coliseum Thursday through Saturday and every seat is at full price. Why would you charge full price for fans to be coming to the games. I just don’t understand why you would charge that, it’s just irrehensible to me.

The whole idea is bogus, there are a few other words I want to use but I can’t say them here, but it’s ridiculous to me that your going to charge full price to go to a pre season game. Where you have players that don’t play the entire game. The A’s won’t sell out and the Giants will draw because it’s the one time their fans who can’t usually get in will see them.

The Giants and A’s will draw because it’s baseball, the Giants are the defending World Champions and the A’s have had a good team for the last few years. The fact is I just don’t condone the idea of charging full price for an exhibition game where you have players that don’t play the entire game. It’s like talk show host of local radio Gary Radnich says, “I just don’t see why they charge full price.”

Jeremy Kahn is a San Francisco Giants beat writer for http://www.sportsradioservice.com listen to his podcast below