July 24, 2020
After much bickering the owners and players agreed to a 60
game schedule. Although I was not overjoyed, I figured 60 is better than no
games. In a short season this would have made each game more important than one
in 162 game regular season.
Leave it to the stupidity of the MLB to render the 60 game
season meaningless. The playoffs have been expanded from 10 to 16 teams. What differentiated
baseball from other pro leagues is not over half of the teams make the
playoffs. In this new scenario, you can play less than .500 and make the post season.
I am pretty sure that
TV playoff money had something to do with this decision. Let us hope this
format is gone in a non-pandemic year.
I heard there was concern
regarding three men in close quarters during an at bat. With all the rule
changes and safety being a priority, why didn’t baseball try out a robotic umpire
to call balls and strikes?
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