OT - What's Wrong With Baseball? Could the Game Be Improved?

[frankbmd]

Baseball has been around a long time and certainly some similarities to the game of 100 years ago exist, but few would argue that the game has not changed and in fact the game is constantly changing.

The Equipment
The Training
The Rules
The Strategy
The Ball Parks
The Money
Team Composition
Statistics

to name a few that have changed over time.

So, here's the premise.

You are the commissioner of baseball (or even a higher power), and you enjoy the game of baseball, but are bothered by some aspect(s) of the current game. You have the power granted to you by Net54 to make your case about your concern with the current game and what you would do to fix it, either by rule change or any other means.

Therefore the primary focus of a post is to delineate your complaint or displeasure and then propose a change to address or alleviate that problem.

In other words, "I don't like the designated hitter." , would not be appropriate,
but if you add "Shoot all designated hitters." that would be okay, I guess.

You may also comment on another member's suggestion, perhaps to amplify unintended consequences of the change suggested, or just to tell him you think he's a dirtbag (my apologies in advance to any Long Beach State alumni, who no doubt are proud of their Dirtbags?).

In fact despite this rather longwinded post, there are in reality few if any rules that can be broken.

Unlikely, but if we tend to agree on a way to change the game for the better, who knows what could happen.

Rest assured though that any transmission, reproduction or publication of the forthcoming suggested changes is prohibited without the express written consent of Leon Luckey.

Have at it.