07-07-2009, 04:28 PM
<!--quoteo(post=48552:date=Jul 7 2009, 01:21 PM:name=jstraw)-->QUOTE (jstraw @ Jul 7 2009, 01:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=48530:date=Jul 7 2009, 01:52 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Jul 7 2009, 01:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=48303:date=Jul 6 2009, 12:59 PM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ Jul 6 2009, 12:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Oh, well...yeah, the DH...and fix the pitchers mound...and teach the umps how the strike zone works...and shitcan the wildcard and interleague play...<b>and make the word uniform mean UNIFORM...and no artificial turf or domes.</b>
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Without being a dick, I will say that I respectfully disagree with nearly every one of your suggestions.
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It's a purity of baseball vs. viability of baseball thing. I understand that. I've learned to live with all of these things...well, except the dead ball thing.
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Should this be like football and basketball where all the dimensions are the same too? Baseball thrives on it's quirks, that's why we love it. Can you imagine if all the ballparks looked like Dodger Stadium of Kaufman Stadium in Kansas City? You know how boring that would be?
I hate the Metrodome, but it makes the games there unique. That's what baseball is all about. Each team has it's own way of playing. That's what makes college football special too. It's not like the NFL where everything is the same. Same offenses, same looking stadiums, same announcers, same everything.
Same = boring.
Baseball makes it possible to have some differences. Love it or hate it, domes, turf, and different ballparks make the game interesting. That in itself has to be worth something, right?
And bring back the dead ball.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Without being a dick, I will say that I respectfully disagree with nearly every one of your suggestions.
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It's a purity of baseball vs. viability of baseball thing. I understand that. I've learned to live with all of these things...well, except the dead ball thing.
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Should this be like football and basketball where all the dimensions are the same too? Baseball thrives on it's quirks, that's why we love it. Can you imagine if all the ballparks looked like Dodger Stadium of Kaufman Stadium in Kansas City? You know how boring that would be?
I hate the Metrodome, but it makes the games there unique. That's what baseball is all about. Each team has it's own way of playing. That's what makes college football special too. It's not like the NFL where everything is the same. Same offenses, same looking stadiums, same announcers, same everything.
Same = boring.
Baseball makes it possible to have some differences. Love it or hate it, domes, turf, and different ballparks make the game interesting. That in itself has to be worth something, right?
I hate my pretentious sounding username too.