Baseball games - Getting Rediculous

[jicecone]

I attended two games this year in Pitts. and left both of them early because they dragged on forever. What happened to the edict about normal size stike zones? This I believe will help enormously. Im also sure these clubs have no problem dragging the games on and keeping the people in the park with the concession's open. I guess with the payrolls as they are, it is a necessity.

The Professional game has become way too commericalized. This is true for practically all sports though. This has not taking the entire excitement out of the game however, it is certainly very hard to stay excited when your falling asleep.

In Pittsburgh they just opened a beautiful new stadium, at least on the surface, (but thats an engineering opinion). Just about every wall is an advertisement of some sort and there is at least 2 promotions or giveaways in between each inning. I guess in Pitts, its necessary to draw the people but, is it that much different everywhere else.

All in all, I guess with the salaries of today's players it is a necessary evil but, I still firmly believe that calling that strike zone the way it is written could consistently cut down the length of the games. I realize that there are interpretations galore on most of the rules, but it is pretty dang clear what the strike zone should be.????