More Baseball Changes Forthcoming
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Heard Ken Rosenthal reporting during the Fox game coverage tonight, that there will be 7 inning doubleheaders and expansion of the 30 man rosters.
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I don't like the extra innings man on second thing. And I see that as one of the changes that might stick.
The way things are going with the Miami team and The Plague, they might need a 100 man roster to play the rest of the season.
It sounds like baseball is preparing to become a Mickey Mouse sport with more gimmicks than pro wrestling.
They would have been better off shutting it down rather than turn it into a keystone Cop situation
Why not eject Miami from the league ............... say forever ?
I just posted a brief history of the 1899 Cleveland Spiders who compiled a record of 20 wins and 134 losses. Perhaps Miami will join them in the hall of shame.
What gets me about Miami is that they have had two World Series winners, and yet the fans don’t support them. The Phillies have won two World Series since they moved from Worcester, Massachusetts in 1883.
Why don’t they cut it back to six innings, like the Little League, and pull the fences in so that there will be more homeruns? They could also use aluminum bats and replace the classic baseball with super balls that would make the scores equal to basketball. There could be “last minute” comebacks, like they have in roller derby. When the fans in the stands are made a cardboard, what you put on the field doesn’t matter anyway.
I just checked the standings. Miami is in first place in the National League East with a 2 and 1 record. They’re playing .667 ball! Everyone else is trying to catch them!
I wonder if anyone in Miami has pennant fever? I doubt it. It’s more like Covet 19 fever.
One good thing playing 7 inning games. We will have more complete games by starting pitchers. Or perhaps they will go to the bullpen after 3 innings to keep them fresh for their next start 5 games later.
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Seems like the MLB owners are trying thru a number of different ways, to bastardize the game.
Shame on them!
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The fans don't support Miami because ownership has crapped on them twice. After both of those World Series titles, ownership dismantled the teams and essentially told the fans they weren't going to try to be competitive. And that's just the tip of it when it comes to ownership there, right up to the present regime.
Whats wrong with 7 inning games for the whole season? Who wants to watch 162 games to begin with let alone when you can go 15 innings 5 hours and the game might be meaningless anyway?
Baseball has become a garbage sport , the players don't care and the owners don't care either.
Cry me a river with your purity tests its a dead sport walking
Batters should have to do three rotations with their head down above the bat and pitchers must do a 360 before each pitch. All players are required to down a beer or shot every half inning. Each protester get kicked in the jimmies by the hometown's best NFL/college punter before taking the field, soccer goalies may be substituted in desperate measures. Last team with a player standing wins, regardless of score.
The ownership dismantled those teams because the revenue from the fans did not support keeping them.
You have to wonder what other changes they may bring out before the "season" is over.
False. Ownership shredded the team immediately after the 1997 title and got rid of basically every starting player. They went from 92 wins to 54. Teams get a revenue bump after titles but Florida chose to trash their team instead. Why would fans support them after that?
The 7 inning thing is garbage. As is the man on 2nd in extra innings. Play the game right or shut it down.
Maybe if pitchers relied on location and movement instead of trying to throw 150 mph they could go more than 5 innings
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
The Tampa team has the same problem. They have had a lot of good players pass through their organization, but they have been unable to hold them. The reason? They can't get people to come ot the games. Last year they were talking about splitting the "home games" between Tampa and Canada.
I don't know why professional baseball has so many attendance problems in Florida, but it does.
I use to love to watch pitchers like that. And batters who wanted to actually get on base instead of either hitting a home run or striking out. And all of the gamesmanship that comes with the situational strategy of what I guess is called "small ball".