[CommerceComet]

Personally, I think baseball is blowing it by trying to change the game to appeal more to the Millennials. The pacing of baseball is a wonderful break from the hectic pace of everyday life. It doesn't need video-game scoring totals to make it interesting. Just leave it be and it will continue to attract crowds and be profitable. However, tinker with it too much and baseball risks offending its existing fans while not attracting new ones.

In my book, people who claim that baseball is boring have just declared themselves as being unimaginative simpletons. It is an intriguing sport for those who can recognize the dozens of games within the game that are occurring continually.

[Alberta's Child]

I grew up as a passionate baseball fan, and I think the game has declined in quality quite a bit over the years. Ridiculous offensive numbers were never a big deal for me one way or another.

What has really brought about the decline of baseball has been the rapid expansion of advanced metrics in the game -- to the point where there has been far less emphasis on putting the ball in play. It seems like half the at-bats these days end in either home runs or strikeouts.

This is a case where baseball's slow pace works against itself -- because it is so much easier to meticulously analyze and "over-coach" baseball than any other sport.

[TBP]

I remember watching a game at Dodger Stadium in 1977 or 1978, Tommy Lasorda managing the Dodgers, Sparky Anderson managing the Reds. I had a scorecard (I like to keep score) and I was marking players off when used. I could call a bunch of moves before Lasorda and Andeson made them. when my mother asked how, I showed her my card, and I showed her that I marked who was used, so I knew who was available and what the strategy was.

What people who say “baseball is boring” don’t understand is that it’s a strategy game, much more than any other sport. The DH negates that. How often do you see a pinch-hitter in the AL?