Rod Carew "speaking out - to the commissioner"

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

That’s entirely different than complaining about how basic strategy to play the game has evolved over time.

It's an entirely different sport, I'm not sure you can compare the two.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

It's an entirely different sport, I'm not sure you can compare the two.

No sport I can think of has to be frozen in time like baseball for some reason.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

No sport I can think of has to be frozen in time like baseball for some reason.

When's the last time they changed the rules in rugby, soccer, tennis, curling, archery, any of the classic Olympic sports, golf, volleyball, etc. I don't know the answer, they may have all changed in recent years.

It's the American obsession that all change is good, these changes are not in the best interest of baseball, they're designed to appease the American habit of instant gratification. It's the difference between a European and American lifestyle. Classical music and 80's hair band music, Chess and checkers.

[GeoPoto]

Instant gratification is not fast enough.

[Snapolit1]

Soccer rules change not infrequently.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/socc...bwe8p9j94osfqg

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

When's the last time they changed the rules in rugby, soccer, tennis, curling, archery, any of the classic Olympic sports, golf, volleyball, etc. I don't know the answer, they may have all changed in recent years.

It's the American obsession that all change is good, these changes are not in the best interest of baseball, they're designed to appease the American habit of instant gratification. It's the difference between a European and American lifestyle. Classical music and 80's hair band music, Chess and checkers.

Volleyball did a massive rule change, going from side out to rally scoring. It used to be that only the serving team could score but now every time the ball touches the floor a team is scoring (whether they served or not).

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Carter08

Volleyball did a massive rule change, going from side out to rally scoring. It used to be that only the serving team could score but now every time the ball touches the floor a team is scoring (whether they served or not).

didnt know that..that will make the games much faster...i guess ratings will be sky high now!

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

didnt know that..that will make the games much faster...i guess ratings will be sky high now!

To be fair, the change was made around 2000. So I think the ratings will stay the same for now.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

No sport I can think of has to be frozen in time like baseball for some reason.

PONG is.......the rules on PONG are the same as before, and the graphics the same too