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And the rain delay is what brought down the overall average ratings. It was peaking at 31.1, which translates into 50ish million viewers
Baseball would be a lot more entertaining if the games didn't last so freaking long. Back in the day your average baseball game went two hours, two-and-a-half tops. Now? Three, four hours. I love the sport but it's a tough sell to sit there for that long and watch one of 162 games.
And the rain delay is what brought down the overall average ratings. It was peaking at 31.1, which translates into 50ish million viewers
One mound visit per inning between the catcher and pitcher. Just have the Manager signal when he wants to replace a pitcher. No warm up pitches on the game mound after a pitching change. They've been warming up for 20 minutes in the pen already. Let's try a hard 20 second pitch clock for a season and see how it works (you run out of time, you're penalized with a ball). Might even add more drama.
All easily fixable, and Manfred has promised that some of these changes are on the horizon.
You know how Cubs fans used to wear "Just One Before I Die" t-shirts?"drab scoreless tie"
Fans probably talk about all the goals that "we almost scored" the next day.
Soccer fans wear "Just Score Once Before I Die" t-shirts.
That 24.3 didn't turn off the TV because they fell asleepAnd the rain delay is what brought down the overall average ratings. It was peaking at 31.1, which translates into 50ish million viewers
Do the same thing with the top picture being "1st INNING" and the bottom being "Beginning of the 9th INNING".
Do the same thing with the top picture being "1st INNING" and the bottom being "Beginning of the 9th INNING".
This is an article I read from the Bleacher Report regarding Baseball, just find it funny.
"If you break a sweat in baseball, it means you are suffering from a pharmaceutical side effect, have a thyroid condition, or the Humidex is too high to accommodate pajamas and a belt."
"If you lit a flare in the stands of a baseball stadium, most people would wake up and complain."
"Soccer managers wear sharp suits and smoke on the bench. Baseball managers suit up as if they’re in the starting line-up, despiteguts nearly twice as large as those unsuccessfully processing heavy carbs on the diamond."
"Soccer games usually last only 90 minutes and, often after a match, exuberant youth do a bit of high-spirited rioting. Three hours of Major League Baseball would be enough to leave even the most boisterous potential hooligan in an existential funk."
"Unlike soccer, where people are constantly running up and down a vast field, in baseball, the majority of exercise is completed by the fans during the seventh inning stretch."
Shouldn't even have to make changes to the rules. It's the same game as it was. Everyone just needs to hurry the up.
A smart dude once said, “Soccer is like a war where two countries are fighting each other, yet neither of them has enough ammunition to actually do any damage.” I think that’s the perfect description for it.
Can you imagine re-watching a soccer game on ESPN Classic? “Ohhh—I remember that kick! That was awesome! No one scores for another 45 minutes, but dude–the way that guy kicked the ball 17 feet past the net—he almost had that one!”
I get it—the sport is so fantastic that we’ve played for 120 minutes and we aren’t sure anyone is ever going to score again–so, we need to find some way to end this game before everyone on the field passes out and the fans go rogue and overtake the stadium.
So, let’s take some penalty kicks!
Man, what an atrocious idea.
It’s like deciding the NBA Finals with a free throw shooting contest, or ending an extra inning game in the World Series with a home run derby. It’s like a Mario Party mini-game.
Honestly, no one really says that.
Styles make fights. If you watch Italian soccer, they are more defensive. Spanish soccer, more offensive. Same as in Baseball, you can take two good pitchers going at it with the score ending 1-0 after 4 painful hours, lol (which is 2x120 min btw).
Same as dumbasses going to a Mayweather fight expecting a slug fest. Know what you are getting into.
I don't know if that is true or not, but I know the NBA and NFL are notorious at modifying rules almost on a yearly basis. Hockey also introduced penalty shootouts and it's the fastest game of them all (100x faster than Baseball).
Beside, if it wasn't for all the PED in Baseball, I'm sure you can take away 50% of the HR.
This guy doesn't think beisbol is a sleeping aid; or does he?
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...icle-1.1857671
LOL and sue happy Americans.
Instead he should sue baseball for being so boring.
Can you break a sweat chewing tobaco?
In our pyjamas, sure.
Actually, humans produce a lot of sweat in their sleep...Much more than a stale or sedentary awake state..Wouldn't be surprised to know if sleeping burns more calories than seating in your ass for 20 minutes of a 4 hour chewing tobaco game.
All of you are so silly.
Beisbolfans?
Rational?
The one thing I'll admit is silly about baseball is the concept of the closer. Dude comes swaggering out of the bullpen to this real aggressive music, all this anticipation and hype, just to get three stinking outs. It's kind of ridiculous.
He's actually making fun of what soccer fans are likely to breakdown and highlight following a game. And when I watch soccer highlights, it's exactly what they show. Shots sailing 20 feet wide as the skinnyfat twink looks up to the sky. Missed crossed passes in the box.
And those "style clashes" translate into roughly the same amount of goals scored per game across the big leagues.Styles make fights. If you watch Italian soccer, they are more defensive. Spanish soccer, more offensive. Same as in Baseball, you can take two good pitchers going at it with the score ending 1-0 after 4 painful hours, lol (which is 2x120 min btw).
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...-goals-3513388
It literally doesn't matter who is playing. Soccer always devolves into the same predictable 0-0, 1-0, 2-1 borefests.
Look at this crap. Only once in the past 24 years have we seen a game where both teams score a goal. And the game in which they did was a tie
None of those rules result in minigames deciding big matches.I don't know if that is true or not, but I know the NBA and NFL are notorious at modifying rules almost on a yearly basis. Hockey also introduced penalty shootouts and it's the fastest game of them all (100x faster than Baseball).
Beside, if it wasn't for all the PED in Baseball, I'm sure you can take away 50% of the HR.
Soccer is terribly designed, as I've said here ad nauseum.
Reason it's popular:
Cheap to play.
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hahahahhahaa hahahaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha
definitely needs a name change, the "terminator"
"Well folks, it's finally the bottom of the 9th, and the Yankee Doodles have decided to bring out their terminator".
Fat man's Cricket
Sports are so much about culture, tbh..or how do you in' explain Volleyball--arguably the most entertaining sport even as non-contact discipline-- hasn't yet taken off professionally in America..It should be the a white man refuge instead of getting pummeled in pro basketball..
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