Baseball's Twilight Zone

[Peter_Spaeth]

As the older generation of fans dwindles, they will be replaced by people who do not look up even once during the game from their devices. They will know what's happening from Twitter feeds sent by the players themselves, as voice recognition technology and further miniaturization will enable players to tweet even as they hit and pitch and field. The fans will not speak with their friends they came with, or neighboring fans, as they will be too busy multitasking maintaining 15 text dialogues, constantly checking email and Facebook, monitoring 27 apps, and playing 6 interactive games. If the device owner goes more than ten seconds without touching the screen, an app will remotely check his or her health.

All teams will be owned by Fortune 500 companies and managed by either an officer or director of the company. Important strategic decisions will be made real time by instantaneous shareholder votes.

[oldjudge]

But the older fan base will not dwindle. Crispr gene editing in 2025 cured all disease. A few years later science found a way to reverse cryogenic freezing of bodies. In 2042, a reconstituted Ted Williams led the AL in hitting with an .832 batting average.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

But the older fan base will not dwindle. Crispr gene editing in 2025 cured all disease. A few years later science found a way to reverse cryogenic freezing of bodies. In 2042, a reconstituted Ted Williams led the AL in hitting with an .832 batting average.

But he still finished behind Mike Trout in WAR, who exceeded infinity for the first time as the formula was tweaked to favor him for the 19th time.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Meanwhile, to the delight of Packs, the veterans committee elected to the HOF Roger Maris, Elston Howard, Bobby Murcer, Willie Randolph, Ron Guidry, Thurman Munson, Don Mattingly, Andy Pettite, Jorge Posada, Gleyber Torres (who finished his career at .249), and 17 other former NY Yankees along with 354 other former big league stars. An aging Tori Hunter was thought by most to be the best player not yet elected to the Hall.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

As the older generation of fans dwindles, they will be replaced by people who do not look up even once during the game from their devices. They will know what's happening from Twitter feeds sent by the players themselves, as voice recognition technology and further miniaturization will enable players to tweet even as they hit and pitch and field. The fans will not speak with their friends they came with, or neighboring fans, as they will be too busy multitasking maintaining 15 text dialogues, constantly checking email and Facebook, monitoring 27 apps, and playing 6 interactive games. If the device owner goes more than ten seconds without touching the screen, an app will remotely check his or her health.

All teams will be owned by Fortune 500 companies and managed by either an officer or director of the company. Important strategic decisions will be made real time by instantaneous shareholder votes.

The part I made bold is already true.

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

But he still finished behind Mike Trout in WAR, who exceeded infinity for the first time as the formula was tweaked to favor him for the 19th time.

Nothing against Mr Trout because he is an amazing player. From the way I have seen WAR used to say how great he is I believe it has to have been tweeked that many times already to favor him.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by bnorth

The part I made bold is already true.



Nothing against Mr Trout because he is an amazing player. From the way I have seen WAR used to say how great he is I believe it has to have been tweeked that many times already to favor him.

I understand that an NFL officiating crew tweeks the WAR formula in their spare time.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

I understand that an NFL officiating crew tweeks the WAR formula in their spare time.

With a little help from the NBA refs and the boxing judges just to keep it on the up and up.

[sreader3]

Frank, You should write for ESPN or mlb.com.
Tongue firmly in cheek.
But seriously.