MLB: Manny Machado Watch - UPDATE - Pads in Lead!

MLB: Manny Machado Watch - UPDATE - Pads in Lead! Jan 19, 2019 18:18:10 GMT nutsberryfarm 🏜 likes this

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Jan 19, 2019 18:00:06 GMT TheGoodMan19 said:

Jan 19, 2019 17:44:59 GMT @screamingtreefrogs said:

I don't get it.

Trout and Judge are two great examples

I don't know what MLB can do other than possibly shortening the MLB Season and I'd like to go back to the old format and nix the 1 game Wilcard Playoff which in my eyes is the biggest travesty in sports (with the NHL's 1 PT for an OT loss a close second)

I'll get tomatoes thrown at me - so be it.

Condense the season dramaticaly.

Pitchers and catchers report 2nd week of April.

Spring training is 2 weeks in May.

Boys of Summer?

OK.

Start the Season Memorial Day around May 28th - the kickoff to summer - a bit before the NBA Finals are set and a couple of weeks before schools let out.. End the Season Labor Day - Sept 3rd or so right when the NFL is kicking off.

You play an 82 game set - ballpark NBA and NHL games.

Screw inter league play - 75% of the games will be division rivals where travel is doable in that time span.

I'm just getting started............

The owners are the ones who will throw tomatoes. Think they would be on board with cutting half of their games? Half of their home dates? Half of the local TV revenue (which is enormous)? Just because fans don't have the attention span? Would you if you owned a team?

Financially, baseball is in the best shape ever. The local TV deals, MLB Extra innings and merchandise printing money for the game. The real danger is having the game itself become irrelevant. Making some star a hip image would help a lot.

Look at the flip side of that argument thought which I find intriguing beyond belief.

Condense the season.

Games more meaningfull

Think TV rating wouldn't spike or attendance figures skyrocket?

as opposed to empty stadiums in April and May before schools let out?

empty stadiums in September when a club knows (and their fanbase too) they're out of it?

what was '94 the strike season when it was kind of exciting? same happened with the NHL year ago

you go 82 or so games - 5% of me can almost stomach a 1 game WC playoff - 162 games? what planet do I live on where people support this horseshit. luckily the phils have never been involved and I feel for those fanbases that booted. even feel for yanks and bosox fans involved in this nonsense. i'll never forget - think it was like in 2011 when the Phils got ousted in the playoffs after winning 100 games - may have been 2010 - sh*t - at least they weren't given just one chance to make it to the next round.