Fixing MLB

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by greymule

Ice hockey has more "action" than either baseball or football; so does indoor soccer, pro wrestling, bicycle racing. . . .

You are right, but that plays a role in today’s games to many people.

Also the biggest problem is in my opinion is the way the game of baseball is sold to the public. For one they need to stop playing the biggest games when most young people will not be able to watch. Even the Super Bowl is played in the afternoon or very early evening and ends before 10:00 in the Eastern Time Zone on a Sunday. Baseball wants to start games late and then end even later on a school day mind you.

Also the dumbest thing baseball does is try to convince the public that guys that played in a segregated era were much better than what we see today. Then you vilify the players that are your stars because they did something that was legal or not outlawed. At least the NFL can show video of players that have not played in 40 years and we can judge how good they are to today's players. Baseball just gives numbers and wants us to believe that there is no way a player today was as good or better all because of some numbers. Jim Brown has been passed on the rushing charts by 8 players on the All-Time Lists, but in his era and still in some people's minds he was unmatched. That is fine, but at least there is a discussion. You even try to say anyone was better than Babe Ruth or Hank Aaron on some lists there are people that act like Barry Bonds or even Sammy Sosa could not match them. That hurts your sports when people have witnessed things and you dismiss what they witnessed. And you have no video of those players to prove they were not as good. It is kind of silly to the public and makes people not want to watch.

Peace