The WS once was a best of 9 series.

Wasn't that only for the 1919 World Series, though? They did it as a "Woohoo, WWI is over!" kind of thing.

Wasn't that only for the 1919 World Series, though? They did it as a "Woohoo, WWI is over!" kind of thing.

 

They were just trying to make it more difficult for the White Sox to throw the series.

 

 

Boras: I think all teams should destroy their payroll for my players and i also think i should have input on how the game is played.

Boras, I think the owners are making huge profits and should pay more to the employees. Plus, I represent some of the best players playing. If Boras signed up for an account on an internet message board then he can make suggestions on how the game should be played, but not until then.

 

Baseball's history and traditions are both keeping it alive and killing it at the same time. I don't mind exploring each and every idea for merit. The DH was sacrilegious to many baseball purists. It improved the game in my opinion. OMG! They are proposing a wild card game in baseball?! Why play the regular season? That was a terrible idea we now have embraced. I'd like to hear a fully thrashed out conception of a neutral site World Series. The media currently sets up in two cities and moves back and forth. Corporations set up for 6 days at golf tournaments all the time. This would not quite double that.

 

The bad news is the northern teams without a dome would be screwed . Which may actually be a benefit. Baseball games with fans dressing like they are snowmobiling to a football game are ridiculous. I assume the season is as long as it is because of revenue. But I could easily have the season start a week later and end a week or two earlier. I can't believe those games are much of a money maker.

 

Baseball can't afford sacred cows. Only reject some of these ideas after a serious look.

Boras, I think the owners are making huge profits and should pay more to the employees. Plus, I represent some of the best players playing. If Boras signed up for an account on an internet message board then he can make suggestions on how the game should be played, but not until then.

 

Baseball's history and traditions are both keeping it alive and killing it at the same time. I don't mind exploring each and every idea for merit. The DH was sacrilegious to many baseball purists. It improved the game in my opinion. OMG! They are proposing a wild card game in baseball?! Why play the regular season? That was a terrible idea we now have embraced. I'd like to hear a fully thrashed out conception of a neutral site World Series. The media currently sets up in two cities and moves back and forth. Corporations set up for 6 days at golf tournaments all the time. This would not quite double that.

 

The bad news is the northern teams without a dome would be screwed . Which may actually be a benefit. Baseball games with fans dressing like they are snowmobiling to a football game are ridiculous. I assume the season is as long as it is because of revenue. But I could easily have the season start a week later and end a week or two earlier. I can't believe those games are much of a money maker.

 

Baseball can't afford sacred cows. Only reject some of these ideas after a serious look.

 

 

It woudn't kill them to go back to the old 154 game schedule.

 

Each team would only be losing 4 home games.

 

 

Another "innovation," the World Baseball Classic, just hasn't worked well in the U.S. On the other hand, it has been a tremendous marketing asset in Cuba/Latin America, and especially in Korea/Japan.

 

 

my take is this, if the season is cut back to the labor day week, there is no competition from other sports let alone the family kids sporting events. 2nd no competition when school is in the middle of the first half of school.

 

compress the games a litle bit to put more games in during the regular season. remember mlb will be competing with nhl, nba and nhl later in sept, oct and nov.

 

extend the wild card to 3 teams, giving mlb a chance to involve a 3rd team from each conference and getting more fans in the playoff environment. lastly too much time between each series. tighten up the games.

Wasn't that only for the 1919 World Series, though? They did it as a "Woohoo, WWI is over!" kind of thing.

No, it started out as 9 games in like 1903, and then they switched to 7 in 1917, then switched back from '19-21, then switched back to 7 again.

It was 9 games four times, 1903 & 1919-1921.