I agree. The 10th inning ghost runner did it for me. Plus, baseball was always a free broadcast for decades, and watching a game on tv stimulated interest in going down to the ball park a few times. Now it is all driven by money and broadcasters who don’t know the hometowns and don’t know the fans. Money guys have killed pro ball and they have no idea how to revive it because they don’t give a sh*t about the game.
I have always liked hearing the ball game in the background on a fuzzy radio. Childhood memories but it’s impossible to follow now. Announcers are more cheerleaders than color commentators. All the new stats have me lost.
But the whole ball game has changed and teams playing from different leagues, wild cards...there’s a LOT wrong and they’re just not making it exciting. They should have left the game alone.
It was fine the way it was.