The length of the game doesn't really matter but baseball has so much downtime that just isn't needed. Fox goes as far as trying to fill it with crowd shots for about half the time.

The length of the game doesn't really matter but baseball has so much downtime that just isn't needed. Fox goes as far as trying to fill it with crowd shots for about half the time.

Baseball isn't a TV show. The "downtime" is when baseball fans talk to each other.

And I agree with Bagels. I don't know a single baseball fan who complains about the length of the games. Sometimes I root for extra innings.

I'm one. Excessive mound visits by the catcher, infielders, pitching coach have to be greatly reduced imo. The notion of relievers coming to face only one batter(except the potential last one) is contrary to any sport any of us grew up playing and is mightily abused by geniuses like Merlot Joe or the drunken LaRussa. Hitters sepping in and out, making glove and crotch adjustments has already rightly been raised.

and unless your team is losing, who roots for extra innings in today's baseball?

Baseball has not done one thing right in the last 10 or so years that I can think of.

-Replay? Disaster. Has really killed a lot of the magic of the game. "Wait for the replay" is the worst thing to happen to the game since 1919.
-The CBA has basically created a league where half the teams are actively trying to lose because rebuilding like that just works. It sucks. Competitive balance is dying, its basically a 12-15 team league.
-Every effort to speed up the game has been shit. Every single one, the games dont feel any shorter.
-Two wild cards per league with the dumb playoff has made even more teams shy to compete. There are basically 3 playoff spots in each league.
-Luxury tax has created a glut of free agents. The natural top-of-the-foodchain franchises cannot spend to open up the market. Everyone is OBSESSED with contract obligations
-No more homeplate collisions is faggotry

They are lucky they have such a great game because if the NFL or NBA was this clueless those leagues would basically be folded. Still, trying desperately to ruin it is dumb. I hate all of this. What did baseball do to deserve all this shit?

Baseball isn't a TV show. The "downtime" is when baseball fans talk to each other.

And I agree with Bagels. I don't know a single baseball fan who complains about the length of the games. Sometimes I root for extra innings.

I'm going to give you one chance to take back the "when baseball fans talk to each other" statement.

JORR,
Do you take this statement back, because I'm going to use it A LOT if you don't.

And I agree with Bagels. I don't know a single baseball fan who complains about the length of the games. Sometimes I root for extra innings.

i honestly don't get the "speed up the game" thing that is constantly being talked about

if you're a fan, do you honestly care if the game is 3 hours and 2 minutes or 3 hours and 11 minutes ? It's not like they're ever going to be able to shave 1 hour off the game, we're talking minutes

and on the other side if you aren't a big fan, is the fact that a game is now 10 minutes 'quicker' going to suddenly get you to watch more games ? plus before you went making radical changes like this extra inning baserunner, you could probably limit catcher trips to the mound and other stuff like that first.

Use it however you want. The conversations that take place while watching baseball are part of the charm of the game.

Don't get angry. Enjoy your commercials. DILLY, DILLY!

also, i thought this was Finnish baseball at first....thought it was gonna be a thread about baseball players in Finland and i was disappointed