ReadingPhilly wrote:La and frankze were talking about the new September schedule. 33 games in 30 days. 4 dh in 11 days. Five day, seven game series with the marlins with seven different start times.

Muck the Farlins!

ReadingPhilly wrote:La and frankze were talking about the new September schedule. 33 games in 30 days. 4 dh in 11 days. Five day, seven game series with the marlins with seven different start times.

Lot of changes throughout the league, Phillies are in the middle of a bunch of it

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-schedule-c ... 37247.html

https://twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1 ... 5370953735

Yankees bothered by T-Mac's yelling, which... I can't blame them

they sure cry a lot.

ReadingPhilly wrote:La and frankze were talking about the new September schedule. 33 games in 30 days. 4 dh in 11 days. Five day, seven game series with the marlins with seven different start times.

Love it ... keep up the batshit crazy 2020!

At least that's one fewer time they have to get on a plane.

The next 10 games are at home
Then they go to Boston, Buffalo (!), Atlanta
Then from August 24-September 24 everything besides that Miami trip is either at home, NY or DC
Then 3 at Tampa to close the season out

7-8 flights the whole season.

I’m in for 7 inning games forever

The Savior wrote:I’m in for 7 inning games forever

Orange slices after

I could learn to live with 7 inning games but they require substantial other changes. In particular roster size reduction to limit the number of pitchers.

7 inning games with a DH and Robot umps would be great for the sport.

youse guys probably think pga players should ride carts too

heyeaglefn wrote:7 inning games with a DH and Robot umps would be great for the sport.

too early in the morning for me.... this is sarcasm, right?

I'm somewhat surprised that I haven't minded some of these changes. 7 inning doubleheaders, I think, are fine. Not sure I want to see 7-inning games 162x a year. DH in the NL I am now fine with. I don't even really hate the runner on second rule as much as I thought I would. Though, I was bothered the other night watching Astros-Angels when it went back to back fly outs and a run scored on it. That felt a bit dirty.

heyeaglefn wrote:7 inning games with a DH and Robot umps would be great for the sport.

Eliminate the DH and go with 8 batters. Or a DNH (does not hit) fielder and 7 batters.

azrider wrote:

heyeaglefn wrote:7 inning games with a DH and Robot umps would be great for the sport.

too early in the morning for me.... this is sarcasm, right?

Nope, what part don't you like? Baseball needs to do something to get young fans engaged and I think all 3 of them would help that.

DH and Robot umps are coming, I am not sure about 7 inning games but I wouldn't be surprised if they have talked about it. Maybe drop it to 8 innings first.

heyeaglefn wrote:

azrider wrote:

heyeaglefn wrote:7 inning games with a DH and Robot umps would be great for the sport.

too early in the morning for me.... this is sarcasm, right?

Nope, what part don't you like?

this ain't baseball, this is like some 80's arcade game. even back then if you tossed in another quarter you got the full 9 innings.

the tradition, the human element, the strategy, the 7th inning stretch...

the quirks, the intricacies, hating umpires, the second guessing has made it special. if i want to see how far someone can hit a baseball, i'll show up early for batting practice.

I think younger fans want that stuff. Gotta get them watching now.

The closer you make baseball to a video game the more young “fans” will just want to play the actual video game.

JFLNYC wrote:The closer you make baseball to a video game the more young “fans” will just want to play the actual video game.

Other sports have made changes that work baseball will just need to find what works best.

heyeaglefn wrote:I think younger fans want that stuff. Gotta get them watching now.

i think the neater and cleaner you make the game regarding it's "action", the kids will get bored and move on. it's more than just a game. the key is family affordability and taking them to a game and creating memories around the game, a lot of which doesn't happen on the field.