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Posted on 08/16/2018 1:13:31 PM PDT by C19fan
One thing you learn from studying baseball history is that people have always predicted the sport’s demise. Over and over, the game weathers every perceived crisis and continues to thrive. More than 70 million fans will attend major league games this season; another 40 million or so will go to minor league games. Countless more watch the sport on television and online.
And yet attendance is down, and more and more balls are being kept out of play. Some longtime observers consider the shifting landscape — hitters swinging for the fences, pitchers throwing everything with maximum effort, fielders standing in unusual spots — and wonder what has happened to their game.
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I stopped watching Baseball in the 80’s during one of those Strikes
Change the strike zone from the beltline to the elbows. No more pitcher’s duels.
Turn out the lights, the party’s over for the Nats.
“I stopped watching Baseball in the 80’s during one of those Strikes”
Your loss.
I had a better outcome.
I cancelled cable during a strike and have never ever re subscribed.
Best thing ever.
“Relax, all right? Don’t try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they’re fascist. Throw some ground balls – it’s more democratic.”-Crash Davis
No mention that the Indians were named in honor of Louis Sockalexis, the first Native American to play professional baseball. Wahoo (the logo) maybe should've been toned down to be less of a caricature and more of a likeness of Sockalexis, but selling out on their history and traditions for one game that doesn't even matter? Erasing this historic occurrence and recognition from history? And wondering why attendance is down? You can't fix stupid.
JMHO
“Throw some ground balls – “
Would that be cricket?
Why’d they fire Dusty Baker?
Move the pitching mound back 5 feet.
I’ve been thinking that’s had a lot to do with it.
They also miss Jayson Werth’s leadership.
Yep
Daryl Strawberry hitting a 500+ foot homer off the clock tower, or Reggie hitting it out of Tiger Stadium or Dave Kingman hitting 3 houses down Weyland ave exciting!!!
Watching a 6-5 game where the only scoring is an exchange of cheap 340 foot solo home runs. Boooorrring.
Dwight Gooden, Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson striking out 15 every 5 days. Fun
Mike Pelfry and 5 scrub relievers striking out 15 every night, not fun
Why’d they fire Dusty Baker?
Because no one can take a winner and have them lose like Dusty can.
“Move the pitching mound back 5 feet.”
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That’ll happen right after they raise the heights of the baskets in the NBA.
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http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/libvf100.shtml
Bonus link: Earl Weaver quotes.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/quoweav.shtml
The game needs more offense to build a long-term audience.
So, it has become even more boring to watch?
Remember back in 1968 when only one player hit over .300
Hit .301
Players who hit home runs get paid, even if strike out half the time
GM should pay players for average vs swinging for the fences
As for the shift, learn to bunt or hit the ball into the
empty section of the infield
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