To What Extent Should Major League Baseball Games Be Shorter Or Stronger

According to sbnation.com, the average game time last year was 3:08, the longest average game time in MLB history (Brisbee). Since they’ve experimented in the Arizona Fall League (AFL) , or rookie league as I call it, game time there has dropped to 2:51. If that were to happen in the majors, that’s a 17 minute decrease than what is the time of MLB games now. In the minors, the average game time was

What it comes down to is the difference between the need to do something and the option to do something. None other than Bill James, a widely known baseball writer, noted that the perceived “strategy” is actually very “trite, predictable, and actually nonstrategic.” Instead of manager's deciding on what substitution, or lack thereof, can give their team an advantage, they are forced with situations in which they must bunt, must pinch hit, and must double switch. As James notes, "the American League game allows a true option, and thus true strategy." This means that whatever AL managers decide to do when it comes to offensive batting substitutions, they do so to benefit their team, not because they are forced to do so (Meehan, 2013). These substitutions, including the commonly used “double switch” - where a pinch-hitter is substituted for the pitcher and the next inning is substituted again for a relief pitcher, take up time in the game. It is significantly a problem in the MLB where the longevity and the slow pace of the game has caused many fans to get bored sitting through a full nine innings. Especially with the addition of instant replay, the game continues to get longer and it has become a challenge for many fans to watch an entire game. Brian Costa, sports reporter for the Wall Street Journal, wrote an article about the reasons for the length and slow pace of the game. He mentions that it has become normal for fans to complain about hitters stepping out of the batter's box, pitchers pacing around the mound and pitching changes. Red Sox Chief Operating Officer Sam Kennedy even states that this problem is one of the most critical issues facing baseball as we move forward into the next three, five, seven years (Costa, 2014). Joe Sheehan also wrote an article about the increasing

Those against the idea of instant replay say that if baseball games were stopped so that officials could carefully review every close play, this already slow game would take even longer to finish, and fans would start to lose interest. However, if you have ever watched a baseball game on television then you have seen plays that looked questionable, as to which way the call should have been made. When this happens, the TV broadcasters will quickly pull up the shot of that play and watch it again, in slow motion, often times even from multiple angles. They will show this on the screen so that their television audience can see what actually happened during the play, and at the same time the broadcasters will analyze the play and

A.     Baseball purists argue that contraction will bring the game back to the way it was meant to be with only the best out on the field playing.

Baseball like all other sporting events is entertainment. No professional sports organization could succeed without the

The memories shared through generations of baseball can be pictured by many, the pickup game of all the neighborhood boys in the vacant lot down the street, the miraculous foul ball landing right in your lap, the classic summer day spent at the ballpark eating hotdogs and singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” and “Sweet Caroline.” But more recently, these classic memories are being replaced by those of overbearing Little League coaches who need to take a chill pill, boring games that go on for nine extra innings, and overpriced hotdogs that just don’t taste right.

After all, it is the fans that make baseball what it is. For a century it has been noted as "the all-American pastime", where families go to spend quality time and show their pride for their home state. Games bring people

Baseball has been played by millions of people all over the world. The sport has been a staple of entertainment on radio and tv for many years. And just in the last few decades there has been a huge spike in arm injuries, and a lot of them have been in younger players. "Year-round baseball is number one,"is what Dr. Andrews said about Tommy John surgery(Snyder). What year round baseball means is that players play baseball in the fall and winter months, this never happened in years before. Also kids are now being allowed times for their arms to rest and heal. Year round baseball should definitely be regulated one reason is the increasing amount of arm injuries in younger kids, Also the kids may burn out mentally and not want to play the sport anymore, they may just one day say they do not want to

Some people say that baseball has lost its cool, what do you think? Some researchers say that baseball has lost its cool, however others say that it has. Lots of americans consider it their favorite sport. From nbc sports the reporters say baseball is no longer the national pastime. Reporters say that there arent enough boys, but there are a bunch on the bench that get paid millions.

Out of all the vast variety of sports there are, baseball is the most challenging and difficult sport to play. No other sport compares to the degree of difficulty that you have to deal with, like you do in playing the game of baseball. There are so many different elements that make this game the most difficult. Three major elements stick out in my mind as to why this wonderful sport is the toughest of all. The three main factors in my mind are the increased physical and hand eye coordination component, the mental aspect of this game, and the human interdependence between umpires, which are a vital part in every play.

Imagine there is a baseball player in the MLB and the International Olympics Committee (IOC) just announced that baseball will be added to the Olympics. The player is excited at first because “Who does not want to be in the Olympics?”, but then he realizes the downsides. This is a very controversial issue. Many people debate if baseball should be in the Olympics. Baseball is going to be added in the Olympics again, but is it really worth it? The cons really outweigh the pros on this one. Baseball should not be in the Olympics because only a small amount of nations play baseball, baseball stadiums cost a lot of money, and the Olympics are in the middle of the baseball season.

You must say the right thing and walk the right way if you want to keep your job. It also helps people to forget about politics for a while. For example, the game became so popular that during the civil war people still played the game. Those two hours help people forget what they were fighting about. Owners had to be political too. This might not be political in your eyes, but owners started to make pacts with other teams saying that they would not sign people off other teams during the season. This also got pushed to the off season. The reason they did this was to stop team hopping by the

The next time anyone hears a complaint about baseball being too boring or that (gasp!) even the World Series has lost its luster, here's what to do:

The regular season of major league baseball is composed of one hundred and sixty-two games for thirty teams ranging from April-October. Twenty of these games is between the American and National league called interleague play. Each of these games are a minimum of nine innings and twenty-seven outs. However, if the game was tied in the 9th inning, it continues until the winning run comes across home plate. These games lead up to the famous All-Star Home Run Derby and the All-Star Game in the second or third Tuesday in July.

Colleges also don’t offer baseball players the same opportunities as other athletes. This is centered around the lack of scholarship money given by most colleges to baseball players. According to Tyler Kepner “Division I college baseball programs offer only 11.7 scholarships, divided among many more players. For many young athletes from low-income families, choosing baseball over other sports makes little sense.” (Kepner) Those 11.7 scholarships don’t go by year either, they go by team and most Division I baseball teams have more than 11 pitchers on their roster alone. Not only is this a disadvantage to baseball players everywhere, it hits African American families especially hard since many can’t afford to pay for Division I college tuition.