Sausage vendor feeling the bite of MLB lockout
The sound of sizzling sweet sausages will have to wait. The Major League Baseball season is delayed until at least April 7, as the league and players association fail to make a deal.
"It鈥檚 a big blow psychologically and financially for everyone around the park and everyone in Boston," said David Littlefield, the owner of Sausage Guy.
Littlefield鈥檚 stand near Fenway Park lives and dies with the baseball season, and the lack thereof.
"I鈥檓 concerned about how long it could go on, that鈥檚 the big concern," Littlefield said. "If it gets lengthened and longer 鈥� that could get really bad."
"There鈥檚 so many people who make money with the business of baseball, [a] lot of ancillary businesses depend on that," Adam Sperling, General Manager of Boston's Hotel Commonwealth said.
The Kenmore Square hotel has a baseball-themed room with a Babe Ruth card and other cool memorabilia. For now, it sits empty.
While the first two series are canceled, Sperling is hopeful the two sides will reach a deal for the sake of society.
"We鈥檙e looking to give people reasons to travel and get out and be social," Sperling said. "This obviously takes one of these key reasons away, so we鈥檙e going to hope this gets resolved quickly."