Rather than politics,I think a lot of this is demographics as evidenced by this statement. Same for baseball. Yes, revenues and profits are at or near all-time highs. That's higher ticket prices (partially) and huge increases in TV and streaming money. A TV studio would sacrifice a child daily...
By his numbers, no. I'm a lifelong baseball fan. Saw Murphy play. Big fan of his. Chipper was way better. Easily on of the top 10 (I would argue top 5) third baseman in history. Ring, MVP, should have gotten at least one of the Gold Gloves that went to David Wright of the Mets. One of those...