May 4, 20169 yr Thought of this last night as I was watching Red Sox pitchers again spending 30 minutes between pitches and TWO challenges that just made my wife hate baseball after a great game to that point: - Every inning that the Red Sox or yankees slow down to a crawl and ruin young peoples love for the game MLB forces: - Red Sox to pay another $1million to Pablo Sandoval - Yankees to pay another $1million to Alex Rodriguez It both punishes the teams but also should work with the MLBPA as the money is getting funneled to players, one fat and the other a douchebag. Thoughts?
May 4, 20169 yr QUOTE (bmags @ May 4, 2016 -> 09:27 AM) Thought of this last night as I was watching Red Sox pitchers again spending 30 minutes between pitches and TWO challenges that just made my wife hate baseball after a great game to that point: - Every inning that the Red Sox or yankees slow down to a crawl and ruin young peoples love for the game MLB forces: - Red Sox to pay another $1million to Pablo Sandoval - Yankees to pay another $1million to Alex Rodriguez It both punishes the teams but also should work with the MLBPA as the money is getting funneled to players, one fat and the other a douchebag. Thoughts?
May 4, 20169 yr QUOTE (bmags @ May 4, 2016 -> 09:27 AM) Thought of this last night as I was watching Red Sox pitchers again spending 30 minutes between pitches and TWO challenges that just made my wife hate baseball after a great game to that point: - Every inning that the Red Sox or yankees slow down to a crawl and ruin young peoples love for the game MLB forces: - Red Sox to pay another $1million to Pablo Sandoval - Yankees to pay another $1million to Alex Rodriguez It both punishes the teams but also should work with the MLBPA as the money is getting funneled to players, one fat and the other a douchebag. Thoughts? Back when I still gave a s*** about following Bill Simmons and listening to his podcasts, it used to drive me crazy when he'd complain about how long baseball games are. It's like yes, they're long, but buddy you only watch Red Sox games.
May 4, 20169 yr QUOTE (Tex @ May 4, 2016 -> 09:45 AM) Could you image seven inning games instead? Not this year. That is just when the Sox offense is getting heated up.
May 4, 20169 yr Author QUOTE (Tex @ May 4, 2016 -> 09:45 AM) Could you image seven inning games instead? IF we are talking serious ways to speed up game, one thing that drives me nuts is on replays, the teams are allowed to both pause the game for their review before sending it to review. And also, the red sox waiting for the review to finish before switching pitchers, even as they already knew they were switching pitchers.
May 4, 20169 yr Serious idea to speed up games: All relief pitchers must face a minimum of two batters OR finish an inning. Edited May 4, 20169 yr by HickoryHuskers
May 12, 20169 yr QUOTE (bmags @ May 4, 2016 -> 09:27 AM) Thought of this last night as I was watching Red Sox pitchers again spending 30 minutes between pitches and TWO challenges that just made my wife hate baseball after a great game to that point: - Every inning that the Red Sox or yankees slow down to a crawl and ruin young peoples love for the game MLB forces: - Red Sox to pay another $1million to Pablo Sandoval - Yankees to pay another $1million to Alex Rodriguez It both punishes the teams but also should work with the MLBPA as the money is getting funneled to players, one fat and the other a douchebag. Thoughts? Holy crap those games would go fast. Like "Did I leave the stove on?" fast.
May 12, 20169 yr QUOTE (bmags @ May 4, 2016 -> 09:27 AM) Thought of this last night as I was watching Red Sox pitchers again spending 30 minutes between pitches and TWO challenges that just made my wife hate baseball after a great game to that point: - Every inning that the Red Sox or yankees slow down to a crawl and ruin young peoples love for the game MLB forces: - Red Sox to pay another $1million to Pablo Sandoval - Yankees to pay another $1million to Alex Rodriguez It both punishes the teams but also should work with the MLBPA as the money is getting funneled to players, one fat and the other a douchebag. Thoughts? I was looking for an upvote button, then I remembered this isn't Reddit. Have an upvote.
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