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Lazy-assed cats!

 

The money ultimately comes from the fans, tv ratings and attendance equal more leverage for the owners getting sponsors to pay more.
You can't even compare world series tv ratings in the 1970s with the big red machine, we are family and the reggies yankees with today.

 

and Reggie's Oakland A's dynasty !

 

Depends on who plays in the games. The Cubs had some of the highest TV ratings in a while. The Giants had some really low ratings the years they were in there.

Moot though....you don't change rules to please casual fans.

 

The cubs were virtually non-existent in any baseball conversation in the 70s except when the subject was an ivy covered home run fence and day games. So, coming from rock bottom to a WS only makes sense to have higher ratings.

 

I just see huge red flags when higher-ups think to change the game. Changing fundamentals of the game I grew up with, actually changes the game into something im not familiar with. Y

You can speed the game up without changing the fundamental principles of the game and that can be done very easily, but the powers that be (money bags) are just getting in the way due to revenue... not the integrity of the game or they would leave well enough alone.

Todays game still has the 2 hour classics which are usually low scoring pitchers dual's and the 10-9 4.5 hour marathons where every pitcher throws up beach balls. That's what makes the game of baseball unique as it tends to take on a life/personality of its own.

Been to many, many games where the only time I gripped the game was too long, was when I was freezing my ass off on a windy day in April or September in the 7th inning of a Double-Header, lol.

Leave my game alone, but eliminate the BS.

 

Not sure how your brain works but it seems scattered to me. Being virtually non-existent had nothing to do with it. Being a popular teams that people wanted to see is why they tuned in. The Kansas City Royals were irrelevant for years....but no one watched their WS.

 

I agree.

 

Couple of the best games I've ever been to was a game that went 17 innings and included two rain delays and a game that went 15 innings and didn't end until after midnight.

The fans that love the game don't have an issue with how long a game lasts.

 

I love a 1-0 or 2-1 pitcher duel.

And I definitely miss seeing Greg Maddux throw a complete game where he only exhausted 85 pitches or so.

But I also have no problem with pitching changes and see the intrigue when you have two good managers spinning their wheels and trying to out maneuver the other guy.

I want managers to have more strategy...not less. I want to see Joe Maddon use his relief pitcher....then put him in the outfield....then bring him back to the mound to face another batter. I want more Ohtani's that can pitch and hit and play the field. I love the shift....I love seeing Anthony Rizzo switch gloves with his second baseball and play 6 feet away from the plate expecting a bunt. Give me more of that. A lot more of that....because that's baseball.

 

The cubs play in a big market, probably bigger than the 70s. You want to tell me that their ratings are higher today, it's called winning McFly.

 

It still has the 2 hr games, but not as much as there used to be. They have a lot more 4.5 hr games than they used to.

 

Look at a family that has an hour drive back home. The kids have to go to school the next day, they have to go home and make their lunch, past midnight?

 

The Cubs don't just have higher ratings simply because they won. If that were true ratings for the Royals and Giants in the WS would have been higher too. But they weren't.

The Cubs get higher ratings because they have fans all over the country thanks to WGN.

What teams play in the WS matter when it comes to ratings. Some teams are simply gonna be more watched than others.


But.....again....moot point. You don't change rules for casual fans.

 

So the players shouldn't keep playing because little Billy and Cindy need to go to school?

Maybe Mom and Dad shouldn't take their spawn to a game on a school night when they know it's an hour drive in each direction. Where they live in regard to where the game is played is now MLB's fault?

How the hell is this an argument? Are you retarded?

 

They count as the fanbase when you're getting 10k fans on a monday night and the PR dept has run out of ideas for promotions.

 

They have fans all over the country because of transplants such as yourself who used to live there.

KC is and always was small market, small population next to a city that has two baseball teams.

 

Great. I'm not in favor of changing any rules for them just so their kids aren't tired in class tomorrow. And if you are....then I'm thankful you aren't on the MLB rules committee.

 

The Cubs have fans all over...some of whom have never even been to Chicago. And it's mainly because WGN was able to broadcast games coast to coast at time when no other teams were doing so for their own games.