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I do respect you. Admiration might be a bridge too far.Your respect and admiration for me?
I do respect you. Admiration might be a bridge too far.Your respect and admiration for me?
The difference is the action. 2 1/2 hours of football goes fast. 3 hours of baseball can feel like 4 hours at times. Its about looking forward and change sucks but the kids they are trying to attract dont have the attention span. Hell I love the game and I actually cant tell you when the last time Ive watched a game. Its not just about the Rangers sucking because I watched them almost daily growing up when they were just as bad.What NFL game is 2 1/2 hours? Why do people think this is a good thing at the expense of artificially altering the game?
Like @1bigfan13 said, with them going to Bally Sports it makes it's a pain in the ass to watch the games.The difference is the action. 2 1/2 hours of football goes fast. 3 hours of baseball can feel like 4 hours at times. Its about looking forward and change sucks but the kids they are trying to attract dont have the attention span. Hell I love the game and I actually cant tell you when the last time Ive watched a game. Its not just about the Rangers sucking because I watched them almost daily growing up when they were just as bad.
The difference is the action. 2 1/2 hours of football goes fast. 3 hours of baseball can feel like 4 hours at times. Its about looking forward and change sucks but the kids they are trying to attract dont have the attention span. Hell I love the game and I actually cant tell you when the last time Ive watched a game. Its not just about the Rangers sucking because I watched them almost daily growing up when they were just as bad.
The NFL tinkers with rules all the time to improve the game. Why should MLB be any different? 15 seconds is plenty of time to get the catcher's signal and make the pitch. I don't need to see the pitcher stepping off the rubber, strolling around the mound or constantly going to the rosin bag.
Like I said, they can go watch pickleball for all I care. And, to your other point, I haven't seen any substantial shifts in viewership outside of the Bally Sports thing.But you don't change the game for the people that don't like it. Chances are they're not going to like it regardless.
pitchers not being allowed to hit is a good thing, sonThis isn't tinkering it's pretty substantial. And people hate when the NFL tinkers with rules.
I actually disagree. I wish they would get rid of the DH.pitchers not being allowed to hit is a good thing, son
pitchers not being allowed to hit is a good thing, son
It's not that I wanted to dur you, it's just that I had no choice.I actually disagree. I wish they would get rid of the DH.
Well, sometimes when people know they are are wrong they lash out. I understand.It's not that I wanted to dur you, it's just that I had no choice.
All about the Benjamins.What really pisses me off is that certain teams are now wearing ads on their jerseys in reg season games this year. I never thought it would come to that.
Exactly.If kids today don't like the game they don't like the game and that's fine. They can just not watch it. But you don't change the game for the people that don't like it. Chances are they're not going to like it regardless.
But also a way for poor Dominicans, Cubans and Puerto Ricans to get off the island.it's turned into almost a rich kids game.
Yep, I'm an American League guy I guess, but it seems like that's a real way to shorten the game a little. Plus it adds more thinking and strategy.I actually disagree. I wish they would get rid of the DH.
Right, I meant in America obviously. But most of the kids you mentioned play with sticks and rocks and whatever else they can find first until the talented ones are discovered.But also a way for poor Dominicans, Cubans and Puerto Ricans to get off the island.
Hell, the National League is now talking about going to the DH. Yeah, it's not going away, but I damn sure wish it would. It makes recruiting, gameplan, and game execution completely different.Yep, I'm an American League guy I guess, but it seems like that's a real way to shorten the game a little. Plus it adds more thinking and strategy.
I know it's never going back now, but I don't really get why so many serious baseball fans love the DH.
That happened last year, Mr. Van Winkle.Hell, the National League is now talking about going to the DH.