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re: What can MLB do to gain popularity/ratings?

Posted on 10/31/12 at 6:17 pm to
Posted by tduecen
Member since Nov 2006
161246 posts
Posted on 10/31/12 at 6:17 pm to
154 game schedule makes the records look more desirable..... 50 home runs would mean something again... A little purity to the sport
If pitchers could get back to pitching every 4 days you would see more star starters which would be great but never happening.
Posted by Dupont3
Keithville
Member since Nov 2011
1966 posts
Posted on 10/31/12 at 8:12 pm to
More DH. Also move the season to end in August. Nothing else is going on then or July. Would have no competition. Will never happen though.
Posted by The Eric
Member since Sep 2008
24487 posts
Posted on 10/31/12 at 8:37 pm to
Go down to 140 games and also start the season a month earlier.

Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
118373 posts
Posted on 10/31/12 at 8:44 pm to
Future demographics are the key. In this country it is trending to soccer as being the second most popular sport behind the NFL. I love baseball, but they are getting their arse kicked in the 15-25 year old male demograhphic in all surveys I have seen.
Posted by VerlanderBEAST
Member since Dec 2011
19353 posts
Posted on 10/31/12 at 9:53 pm to
quote:

154 game schedule makes the records look more desirable..... 50 home runs would mean something again... A little purity to the sport
If pitchers could get back to pitching every 4 days you would see more star starters which would be great but never happening.


50 homeruns does mean something. The steroid era ended about 5-8years ago
Posted by NHTIGER
Central New Hampshire
Member since Nov 2003
16188 posts
Posted on 11/1/12 at 12:01 am to
quote:

Go down to 140 games


Holy crap, you're going back over 100 years to get to a season that short !
Posted by BayouBengals03
lsu14always
Member since Nov 2007
99999 posts
Posted on 11/1/12 at 12:47 am to
You can't go down to 140 games, and you can't start the season a month earlier.

You can, however, go down to 154 games and stat the season around March 20th.

I'm all for the season being finished by August 31st, though. One-game playoffs for the wildcard on September 1st.

World Series starts late September. You could maybe have it so where games 4, 5, 6, and 7 would all still be in October.
Posted by iliveinabox
in a box
Member since Aug 2011
24146 posts
Posted on 11/1/12 at 3:22 am to
speed the game up
Posted by VerlanderBEAST
Member since Dec 2011
19353 posts
Posted on 11/1/12 at 4:15 am to
There are only a handful of teams where speed is a problem
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