Spring Training 2019

It doesn't matter what park he plays in. His talent doesn't change.

 

Should the season be split into two halves?

I don't think it's a terrible idea.

Things we'd change in sports: Want more MLB drama? Adopt a split-season schedule

 

Didn’t read the article, but would first half leaders or *winners* be guaranteed a playoff spot?

 

Yes. First and second half winners and next three best overall records get in from each league.

 

What does a team get for winning both halves ?

 

Maybe a bye into the LCS, while the wild cards play for the right to meet them there?

 

OK, I'm getting old, so that seems too radically different from the entire history of baseball to be palatable to me. But that's not to say it couldn't work.

Quite honestly, it seems like since '94 people keep making up a narrative that baseball is "broken." Attendance is at an all-time high, regional networks are raking in billions of dollars and the game is competitively balanced.

I think games could be a little shorter, but more than that, I just wish they started a little earlier. I don't mind watching four hours of baseball. Not even a little bit. If those four hours begin at 7 p.m. instead of 8 p.m., I'm good to go.

I think they need playoff games during the day so that my 7-year-old — who loves to play baseball but doesn't get to stay up to even see the first pitch of a playoff game — can see some of the defining moments of his generation.

But realistically, the game is not as broken as many make it seem. Adding pitch clocks, a DH in the NL, blah, blah, blah, is all nonsense.

Make the game shorter by forcing batters to stay in the box. Allow pitchers to throw as soon as they're ready. If the batter is too busy dicking around with his gloves, too fucking bad. No mound visits by a manager/pitching coach except for injury or pitching change. One mound meeting between catcher/pitcher per inning. That would shave 20 minutes off per game pretty quickly.

 

MLB continues to have NFL envy. "Hey, those guys dick around with their game every year! That must be why they get those network contracts. We should too!" It's pathetic. Was there a fan outcry for these ideas? No. It's all in-house B-school brainstorming at its worst.

 

And not for anything, but it sucks every September having to seek out a story detailing the new NFL rules for the upcoming season.