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Excellent. The shift has gotten me so close to abandoning my baseball fandom. It just disgusts me so badly. Love your idea.

These two are beautiful ideas. Excellent! I'd say second foul ball after reaching 2 strikes. They'd be forced to put the ball in play rather than trying to hit a bomb. You need to send this to a baseball writer to write about.

Is this true? If the owners want to break the union there will be no season. It's already upsetting that it's late February and we're not enjoying spring training games. Are the players down there working out on their own?

It's interesting that in 2022 a dictator is allowed to dictate, i.e. start a war. Do the Russian people, the zillions who live in Russia really want to blow Ukraine off the map? Do they really want war? How can one man be so powerful? Would the people of Russia rebel against Putin? I'm sickened by the start of this war. From what I've read and it's dangerous to read stuff it's been suggested Russia's army is not exactly rolling over Ukraine. Could Russia be defeated?

It's such comedy what it costs to park, eat and drink at a game. Owners should just keep increasing what it costs for parking, a burger, beer and tickets. 50 bucks a beer ... fans would still buy it. 150 to park. Fans would pay it. 30 dollars for a bag of peanuts. For sure they'd pay it. 20 bucks for a bottled water. The ones who go to the games will pay anything. Just make it laugably outrageous. Let's see in my scenario two hot dogs, one beer and a bag of peanuts would be about 120 dollars. Those who can't afford it just never consider attending a ballgame anymore. I've been told many times there are deals to be had. Secondary market and/or deals on the nosebleed seats. Yes the high prices frustrate me for the quality of baseball played today. It's glorified home run derby, with a lotta strikeouts in there, too. And cutters galore from relief pitchers who rule the game.

To see my team, the White Sox, tank was disheartening. You can win in other ways, yes you can. Tanking is here to stay, though. It can't be stopped.

The people that run it: owners and commish. Owners for thinking the commish's ideas are good.

Baseball just makes the rules as they go along. Sad that they don't even have a postseason plan for this season yet. Manfred is a bad commish and baseball doesn't seem to care that its fans are old and younguns don't like baseball.

Thank you for the kind, yet intellectual and helpful response. I endorse your opinion. I do like what Vaughn brings to the table potentially.

I wish some of the regulars on here, the ones I always disagree with, would post their opinion of ageism in baseball. What ages do you generally accept for a ballplayer in terms of him being worth his salary? Is it like I suggest? 25 1/2 to 28? Those seem to me to be the only ages of players that excite fans? Any player older than 28 is a question mark and anybody under 25 better be in the minors lest he be rushed? To me, Jose is at a perfect age. My guess is most of my board adversaries think Jose is way too ancient to be on the team. Or maybe fans are OK with his age 35 and 36 seasons? Comments?

It seems like today's fans like their players in the window of 25 to 28. That's about it. Under 25 they need more seasoning and are rushed if they come up. Over 29 and they are about toast. Wonder what Tom Brady thinks of all this on the football field. He was pretty good from 38 to 42. Jose's actually pretty good on defense IMO. He's not a sieve at 1B. And he had an off year at the plate for him but again, he's adjusting to trying to hit it out every at bat. He'll be fine. this is sad that pitchers and catchers are supposed to report and we've got this work stoppage. Very very sad for the game of baseball. Both sides are making good dough. Play ball baby.

35 isn't that old in baseball. Will his production go down? Probably but with baseball hitting going to lift and pull and trying to hit everything out, Jose should be able to adjust and have above league average numbers till 41 or 40. Let him play ball.

Do the Sox have plans for Collins or is he considered a likely bust?

I think it's special letting the pitchers bat in one league. Let them go up there and hack.

It'd be nice if the players wanting to protect the integrity of the game meant demanding the owners cut, not add playoff teams and demand the DH to be kept out of the NL and getting rid of the man on second base rule in extra innings. But I suspect the players are out for $$$ more than protecting any integrity.

Maybe there is hope. Maybe I'm not so paranoid about a problem. https://patch.com/illinois/beverly-mtgreenwood/s/i3sqf/chicago-police-carjacking-task-force-expanded-to-24-hour-patrols?utm_term=article-slot-1&utm_source=newsletter-daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

Expanded playoffs is insane. If baseball does this it's going to be so hard for the Sox to win it all ever again. And so boring with all relievers pitching an inning or two at a time game after game. If baseball expands the playoffs and game after game I have to watch an opener go two innings, then followed by six more pitchers, I'm going to give up on my sport sadly. I am not enjoying baseball right now. For me it used to be compelling.

You'd think these playes are so rich (even the minimum contract is nice) they'd want to get this thing settled fast so they don't lose games. I guess they have to shut up and just trust the union leader as always. The world is so much in chaos right now with viruses and possible wars I can't imagine either side wanting to miss games. Baseball already is unpopular. Any stoppage is just going to lose more fans for a dying sport. Play ball.

Glad to see it then. I wonder how it'll affect staff size and coverage of things like sports. I would assume this nonprofit has different goals as you say. I can't imagine the money flowing thru the newsroom but i could be mistaken.

I think the Chicago media on the print side is kind of a mess. Isn't the Sun Times now owned by a nonprofit? The Tribune has had so many owners. I would guess the formerly great Arlington Heights newspaper has been cut to shreds in terms of staff size. Does anybody even know where the Trib is located now? It's not in the iconic Tribune building anymore. I'm not sure about the Athletic or publications like that if they cover the Chicago teams well or not. Weren't there a few websites that did a good job? As far as the work stoppage, I am old fashioned but I still say with so many problems in the world today (is it just me or is COVID suddenly out of the news cycle? Don't hear much about COVID anymore) baseball is further killing itself if it delays the season til summertime. Just get an agreement in place. Spring training starting on time is important to America's psyche which nobody seems to care about anymore. Woe is us without baseball (at least the age demographic that still cares about baseball at all).

If Buffalo would have squib kicked the kickoff would they mathematically won the game? Not nuff time even for Mahomes? Just wondering. ... p.s. The OT rule is ridiculous obviously.

What the heck is going on folks? People are allowing their neighborhoods in a once great city to be terrorized? https://patch.com/illinois/beverly-mtgreenwood/3-vehicles-carjacked-midpointe-apartments-cops?utm_term=article-slot-1&utm_source=newsletter-daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter To my fellow Chicagoans who love our city ... I was planning on coming back to the south side for a Sox series this summer and or some time in my old neighborhood, Mt. Greenwood, south of Midway. Shoot me straight please. Is there a good chance my car will be jacked if I return? Is there any reason at all to stay at the Hilton on 95th Street? Are we to the point it's too dangerous to visit my city? How are people standing for this b.s. I read the Patch and car jackings in Beverly and Greenwood areas appear COMMON! It's outrageous. Please let me know if this is a problem or not for vacationers.

That should be huge news in Chicago. How long did he have that late night talk show? I used to listen to that in my car in KC area with the great signal of the Score. He had tons of callers no matter the early morning hour. He seemed like a nice guy. So knowledgeable. They'd ask him about some game 20 years ago in any chicago sport and he'd wax poetic on the game. What a memory.

Education is going to be way different IMO for when your grandson goes to college. There probably will be no college as we know it now. Just my opinion as I think we can still have conflicting opinions in America, but the trend I feel will be going to no honors courses in high school and college, even the abolishment of the grade system as it will be deemed everybody deserves the same grade in a futuristic America because some don't' have the inherent advantages of others and it affects their grades. The poor to middle class kids won't be going to college as it will be way way way too expensive (and deemed not worth the $$) and kids will instead work on their own independent careers taking advantage of social media $$ earning platforms, computer related jobs and trying to market themselves. The traditional work week also is probably in jeopardy but that's another issue. Let's face facts, Tex. Education is going to be way way way different in18 years than it is now. There might not even be any teachers. It might be all self taught. Or robots may revolutionize teaching, again if there is traditional education. There also are major red flags about the health of future generations and current generations because of infectious disease and potential for more of these. It's just as easy to be pessimistic and say covid is just the start of yearly health criseses rather than optimistic and say this will go away and no more viruses are ever on the horizon. What are your feelings about the future of education and my predictions here, Tex? Change is coming fast. And nobody can for sure say the current system of college will even exist when your grandson is of that age. Peace, out and may we all be safe!

I get the feeling owners care nothing about attendance and parking and concessions. That's all gravy money. Baseball will survive covid cause of TV money period. I'd think covid concerns would ultimately kill all pro sports but apparently not. Get to the bargaining table and start spring training on time unless fans truly don't matter any more. My feeling is baseball is a game to be played on TV and $$ only made from TV and unless the TV people tell baseball to get this done there will be no progress made at the table.