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re: How can Baseball regain a national following?
Posted on 5/1/16 at 2:20 pm to Drewbie
Posted on 5/1/16 at 2:20 pm to Drewbie
My two cents (and I should say I think baseball is fine and seems stronger than say 10 years ago)
* Get rid of the interleague stuff minus the local match (say Wash-Bal, Cubs-White Sox, etc).. I know people enjoy seeing teams come through every 3-6 years, but I think it has diluted the product. For example, there should be more Nats-Pirates games instead of Nats-Royals, or more Cubs-Dodgers games instead of Cubs-Blue Jays. That adds to the national feel, but also, what you care about, your league.
* And not necessarily more day games, and I know there is probably $$$ behind this, but no 8pm starts. Heck, i wish games would start at say 6:30 or 6:00 vs 7.
* Get rid of the interleague stuff minus the local match (say Wash-Bal, Cubs-White Sox, etc).. I know people enjoy seeing teams come through every 3-6 years, but I think it has diluted the product. For example, there should be more Nats-Pirates games instead of Nats-Royals, or more Cubs-Dodgers games instead of Cubs-Blue Jays. That adds to the national feel, but also, what you care about, your league.
* And not necessarily more day games, and I know there is probably $$$ behind this, but no 8pm starts. Heck, i wish games would start at say 6:30 or 6:00 vs 7.
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Posted on 5/1/16 at 2:25 pm to RyanL
It can't and it won't.
Posted on 5/1/16 at 2:25 pm to tduecen
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-Go back to 154 game schedules
Would that really be a big deal? That's still a shite load of games.
I still love taking my family to games, but I admit that my home viewing has gotten worse every year.
Posted on 5/1/16 at 2:28 pm to RLDSC FAN
May not seem like much but cutting out 8 games saves the players a bit, it starts the playoffs a bit earlier, and it ends the season.
Fewer playoff games going against football is important because baseball knows it won't beat football (no one will.) Plus just looking at it with the amount of games they play it saves a lot of wear and tear on the players over the course of a career.
Fewer playoff games going against football is important because baseball knows it won't beat football (no one will.) Plus just looking at it with the amount of games they play it saves a lot of wear and tear on the players over the course of a career.
Posted on 5/1/16 at 2:38 pm to RyanL
Instant gratification generation is never going to get behind 162 games.
I'm not even part of that generation but setting up 3 monitors destroyed by attention span. Too damn many games to be interested in until the playoffs.
I'm not even part of that generation but setting up 3 monitors destroyed by attention span. Too damn many games to be interested in until the playoffs.
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