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Baseball in its current form is so hard to follow

Posted on: March 23, 2023 at 08:23:40 CT

FIJItiger MU

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So boring, inaccessible, and unbalanced. I would have never suspected as a kid I’d reach this point but I barely follow it at all. It’s almost like they try and make the fan experience as poor as possible.

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They are saying Ohtani is going to fetch $600M… - Carlos Rossi KC - 3/23 08:16:57

RE: Stop trying to make fetch a thing(nm) - Legend MU - 3/23 11:26:38

Angels have had Trout and Ohtani and haven't been good - alstl MU - 3/23 10:19:34

They won't be good this year either. Looking at a .500 - Mizzou Tom KC - 3/23 10:57:19

He's a unique talent to say the least, the only question - playhard KC - 3/23 09:34:41

Baseball in its current form is so hard to follow - FIJItiger MU

- 3/23 08:23:40

i don't think baseball's problems are with the rules of the - phrejd MU - 3/23 10:50:52

Maybe you've changed? - Gyro STL - 3/23 09:42:04

Speeding the game up will help, the ball being in play - playhard KC - 3/23 09:39:19

That's because with years of smartphone use - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/23 08:44:28

I think the new rules will help that issue, but the no - Carlos Rossi KC - 3/23 09:00:30

Oh agreed for sure - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/23 09:11:13

these charts say differently - meatiger MU - 3/23 08:49:58

An avg of 30 min over 50 years? - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/23 08:52:31

title of your sex tape - colonel angus beef KC - 3/23 08:55:02

It’s changed considerably. The ball is rarely - FIJItiger MU

- 3/23 08:49:36

The ball doesn't have to be hit for the game to be - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/23 08:51:33

I would say if you don't think the game has changed then you - kmawv8 MU - 3/23 09:09:43

For people that really understand and appreciate - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/23 09:25:23

You need to talk to more baseball people. - kmawv8 MU - 3/23 09:27:29

Fiji doesn't watch or follow baseball, like basketball (nm) - Columbian Gold MU - 3/23 08:57:41

Everyone wants offense for everything - meatiger MU - 3/23 08:55:02

give us a defensive option that moves the ball and runners - TheShoe STL - 3/23 08:59:10

apply that to a reg season game in July - TheShoe STL - 3/23 08:54:30

Hope the real fans enjoy the product (nm) - FIJItiger MU

- 3/23 08:54:24

That's not the reason you don't currently follow baseball (nm) - Uncle John MU

- 3/23 08:40:16

Those are the 3 reasons(nm) - FIJItiger MU

- 3/23 08:46:53

I'm actually looking forward to the rule changes this - Mizzou Tom KC - 3/23 08:30:41

Same, but that kind of lends to Fiji's point - TheShoe STL - 3/23 08:40:57

Can you translate this to a Royals post because I'm - kmawv8 MU - 3/23 09:00:00

You guys have a ****ing fountain you can swim in - TheShoe STL - 3/23 09:01:07

I'm not complaining, I just wanted to follow your - kmawv8 MU - 3/23 09:04:22

theres not enough drinking - colonel angus beef KC - 3/23 09:08:31

To be fair everyone was drunk in the old times. Players, - Carlos Rossi KC - 3/23 09:17:03

so drunk they dropped a nuclear bomb on someone - colonel angus beef KC - 3/23 09:18:36

That's it - TheShoe STL - 3/23 09:05:49

RE: You guys have a ****ing fountain you can swim in - Carlos Rossi KC - 3/23 09:02:46

Until they have more than 4 or 5 teams plus - tman MU - 3/23 08:40:42

there are perennial winners and losers - meatiger MU - 3/23 08:47:30

Baseball is far worse than other sports. - kmawv8 MU - 3/23 09:02:26

RE: Baseball is far worse than other sports. - meatiger MU - 3/23 09:08:17

Look at the last 40 years of the NFL - kmawv8 MU - 3/23 09:16:24

RE: Look at the last 40 years of the NFL - meatiger MU - 3/23 09:19:18

6 of 10 are from baseball and one just got off the list. - kmawv8 MU - 3/23 09:31:35

A couple of things.... - kmawv8 MU - 3/23 09:23:50

you keep changing the goal posts - meatiger MU - 3/23 09:32:48

^^thinks there are goal posts in baseball - colonel angus beef KC - 3/23 09:36:26

No goalpost has been moved. - kmawv8 MU - 3/23 09:35:10

RE: No goalpost has been moved. - meatiger MU - 3/23 09:39:15

Then why are you arguing nuanced nonsense - kmawv8 MU - 3/23 09:41:51

This is what really needs to change - mizzouSECedes STL - 3/23 09:27:21

one of them goes right the other goes up - colonel angus beef KC - 3/23 09:21:20

LMAO(nm) - meatiger MU - 3/23 09:21:52

Yes, but baseball's setup almost ensures it(nm) - tman MU - 3/23 08:53:23

Not necessarily - TheShoe STL - 3/23 08:56:09

Reds lost 100 games last year... - Gyro STL - 3/23 10:04:04

Lightning in a bottle. Put a hard cap in and - tman MU - 3/23 08:58:48

I'd love that - TheShoe STL - 3/23 09:00:06

This would make the game about the team and - tman MU - 3/23 09:02:31

Every team should have at least 3 players in their lineup - TheShoe STL - 3/23 09:04:56

That would be up to the teams and how they - tman MU - 3/23 09:07:42

I've always thought baseball needed that kind of cap (nm) - Uncle John MU

- 3/23 09:01:53

Seems to have shaved about 20--30 minutes off - meatiger MU - 3/23 08:40:27

gonna be so many commercials running on screen - TheShoe STL - 3/23 08:42:35

why will there be more commercials? - meatiger MU - 3/23 08:45:52

"running on screen" - kmawv8 MU - 3/23 09:05:16

RE: "running on screen" - meatiger MU - 3/23 09:11:07

Of course it hasn't happened. But the company that is - kmawv8 MU - 3/23 09:14:03

they actually did file for bankruptcy - meatiger MU - 3/23 09:16:27

point remains the same (nm) - kmawv8 MU - 3/23 09:24:56

what if you look away when that happens - colonel angus beef KC - 3/23 09:09:17

Then you're likely going to miss some important action - kmawv8 MU - 3/23 09:10:29

that is not allowed anymore(nm) - meatiger MU - 3/23 09:12:40

Thankfully the pitch clock is helping with that nonsense (nm) - Uncle John MU

- 3/23 09:12:27

$$$(nm) - TheShoe STL - 3/23 08:47:23

DVR the game and get about an hour behind and then turn - Uncle John MU

- 3/23 08:45:46

I try - TheShoe STL - 3/23 08:47:06