The Largest “Mistakes” that MLB make in the past 20 or so years:
1. Bud Selig
2. Tampa Bay “Rays”
3. Interleague “Play”
4. 1994
5. The “DH”
>>1. Bud Selig
I remember the year the All Star Game at Milwaukee wound up in a “tie”...later came “this time it counts!” Selig’s fellow owners sure like him
>>2. Tampa Bay “Rays”
For a time did OK, even getting into World Series, but attendance a problem—and fans had some sort of annoying
thing they used, vuvuzuelas or blowhorns or something...
>>3. Interleague “Play”
Some may be OK but they overdid it.
>>4. 1994
Indeed the strike
>>5. The “DH”
As a Red Sox fan (but I kinda cheer for some other teams—I like the city of Pitt. and hope the Pirates do well), I’m a confessed American League bigot. I do like the DH. But it’s gotta either be in both leagues or neither, none of this “well it’s an at AL park, so...”. I like scoring. Then again now that they’re cleaning up the steroids, pitchers again
have the upper hand and yes a “pitcher’s duel” can be fun too. I just don’t like when pitchers have to bat—they could get injured and really affect a team, or they kill a rally. A few years ago Rangers played Giants in World Series. I cheered for the AL as usual (if Yanks are in WS I make an exception), and they had a rally going—oops, here comes the pitcher up to bat, as it was at the NL park. End of rally.
and now, replay review
(tho I like the dh)