GeorgiaPeach

I paid $1000 CDN for a ticket to Game 5 of the WS, 40 rows up from 3B. I'd much rather pay that than get soaked for a Regular Season game against the Jays.

I'm aware I missed my window. Was at work and forgot phone. If a player is still in Yahoo database can I select, or are some players being selected on here and not added?

Ink Pedro Alvarez

Just made my pick. Sons of Sam emailed.

Kendall Graveman OAK selected. Will email next up.

Just narrowing things down between a few guys. Will pick soon

You can't spend large on everyone.

It doesn't take much to destroy the fanbase or bring it back. It's kinda sad really.

To me it seems like there's a disconnect between MLB teams, their big prospects and promoting these future kids to the fans on MLB broadcasts or the internet. You almost already have to be a fan of a MLB team or the sport to actually know where to find info or to see what exciting kids are on the farm, very little promotion to the casual fan. And even though prospects bust all the time, if you can catch that moment in time when a group are good you promote it.

When I'm talking to people who think baseball is boring or are non-fans the reason is their expectations of the game are too great and they get let down. They go to games and feel they absolutely have to pay attention to the field the entire time and they expect action non-stop. My answer to that is, baseball is more of an event where you chat with your friends, take in the stadium, people watch. Relax and enjoy the environment, don't go in expecting to be fixated on the field for the entire 3 hours, because yes you will be bored out of your mind. You can miss a pitch or ten and appreciate the game more by the relaxed experience. And in regards to your comments on not being able to follow all the games.....it takes time to appreciate the story lines of a season and further to that the history. It takes time to hook people in, and what would draw new people in are the promotion of star players through internet advertising, TV, radio to a lesser extent and connecting more at the ball park and home with fans via technology. Enforce existing rules to tighten the game up, don't change the game because the game should mimic what happens in International Softball. If MLB wants to sell out to draw in fringe fans, it's a dangerous endeavour. You're trying to attract more people who have zero or little interest in something expecting them to stick at risking losing people who are already heavily invested. I know the guy on 2nd is a small change that will affect very little. It's just the bizarreness of the change and not the number of times it will occur that I have a problem with.

And as was mentioned if gambling wasn't associated with horse racing, no one would be watching.

But because of a few fringe NHL enforcers who dabbled in drugs and got their bell rung a few times, thus pushing them into heavier drugs and not being able to handle it, let's stop the fighting? Sounds like the inmate culture. When my drug problem runs into another problem, just take more drugs. That'll fix it, then we'll blame it on something else.

The how many? Because I'd be willing to bet if you went through from the 70's-2000 most of the enforcers are in fact still alive or didn't die from CTE.

I understand that. But back in the late mid/late 90's when other teams started adopting the trap + Bettman's push to eliminate fighting things died for me. When the two things fans stand and cheer for are virtually eliminated from the game what is it I'm there to see? Some great skating? Having Europeans stick someone's eye out? Nice crisp passing? Because that was about it.

That's why I can't stop laughing. Canadians, like every Canadian goes ape s*** during the Olympics for hockey. But in every other country people are yawning. Our entire country shuts down to cheer something on no other country cares about There's 2 things people stand and cheer for at a hockey game, goals and fighting.

If time saving is Manfred's goal. 154 game schedule shaves off 360'ish hours off games during the season.

Promote the players, individual parks and fan experience at the park, online and on TV. Enforce current rules. Tweak things. And as was mentioned earlier without much discussion I like the MLB partnership with Under Armour. Huge brand that kids, young adults and older people can all identify.

Maybe they should let a player's walk up music play the entire time he's at the plate. Kind of follows the way the NBA is playing music and doing stupid s*** during their games.

I completely stopped watching NHL games because of "the trap" & the squeeze on fighting.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/ahead-of-their-time-why-baseball-revived-a-60-year-old-strategy-designed-to-stop-ted-williams/ Teams were shifting 70+ years ago

Agree with everything you said

I can handle change. But radical change is just plain dumb.

People are so wrecked at games due to the tailgating no one cares how long the game is.

To the proponents of the change. Manfred comes out and makes a Breaking News Announcement. "Major League Baseball games are an hour shorter so to all you casual/non-fans, come love our sport I made it quicker." What a f***ing sell out.

They could go back to 154 like has been discussed. I'd be up for it, because it goes back to the old 154 game schedule.