In the golden age of baseball...it was 153 games played, but under the circumstances of bus/train travel only.
It would be curious to carve the season to 146 (from the present 162). Allow for a full week off after the All-Star Game. Then get into the playoffs around the last day of August. I’d also limit double-headers to just make-up games because of rain.
The problem here would be lesser revenue, which would trigger lesser profit, and lesser salaries for everyone (especially the baseball media crowd and the players). It would never sell to the baseball union.
Close. 154.
Maybe but maybe not. Sometimes less is more. It's counterintuitive but it does happen. Very hard to convince people though. Try arguing that lower taxes leads to higher revenue for govt. to lib morons.