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Baseball Pet Peeves
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<!--quoteo(post=48556:date=Jul 7 2009, 03:28 PM:name=Destined)-->QUOTE (Destined @ Jul 7 2009, 03:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=48552:date=Jul 7 2009, 01:21 PM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>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>

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?
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Umm...ok...well that was just weird. Considering that that list of peeves I posted was all about baseball traditions, a requirement that ballparks all be alike would be ON list, not the fact that they aren't.

Don't give Selig any ideas. If he thought that identical parks would somehow aid MLB's revenue stream, he'd be for it.

How you got this from my wish that the mound was at the old height, that umpires enforced the actual strike zone, that Prince Fielder not be allowed to play in his old man's pajamas, that all baseball players you know...played baseball, that mlb should go back to the assumption that 162 games is not only enough to figure out who should play for a pennant...but that the endurance contest is much more to the point than is waiting to see wich second place team can get hot at an opportune time...and that not knowing how world series opponents do against each other till the world series, baffles me.

As I said, I understand the arguments for most of these things. I still don't like them.

I'd also like to be able to read the back of Manny's jersey and see the last of these exploding maple bats.
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Baseball Pet Peeves - by Andy - 07-06-2009, 12:53 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by ruby23 - 07-06-2009, 01:16 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Fella - 07-06-2009, 01:16 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Croz - 07-06-2009, 01:18 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Butcher - 07-06-2009, 01:20 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by ruby23 - 07-06-2009, 01:22 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by The Dude - 07-06-2009, 01:26 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by jstraw - 07-06-2009, 01:29 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Jody - 07-06-2009, 01:37 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by MW4 - 07-06-2009, 01:50 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Andy - 07-06-2009, 01:52 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Fella - 07-06-2009, 01:56 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by jstraw - 07-06-2009, 01:59 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by rok - 07-06-2009, 02:07 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by PcB - 07-06-2009, 02:10 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by jeffy - 07-06-2009, 02:11 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by jstraw - 07-06-2009, 02:12 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by jstraw - 07-06-2009, 02:12 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Coldneck - 07-06-2009, 02:14 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Destined - 07-06-2009, 02:23 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by PcB - 07-06-2009, 02:26 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by jstraw - 07-06-2009, 02:29 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Destined - 07-06-2009, 02:31 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Jody - 07-06-2009, 02:35 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Andy - 07-06-2009, 02:39 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Giff - 07-06-2009, 02:39 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by PcB - 07-06-2009, 02:45 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Destined - 07-06-2009, 02:45 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Coldneck - 07-06-2009, 02:47 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Jody - 07-06-2009, 02:47 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Jody - 07-06-2009, 02:49 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by jeffy - 07-06-2009, 02:56 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Butcher - 07-06-2009, 02:58 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Brock - 07-06-2009, 03:01 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Destined - 07-06-2009, 03:02 PM
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Baseball Pet Peeves - by Andy - 07-06-2009, 03:03 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by PcB - 07-06-2009, 03:05 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Destined - 07-06-2009, 03:09 PM
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Baseball Pet Peeves - by Destined - 07-06-2009, 07:41 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by DaveB - 07-06-2009, 11:42 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by vitaminB - 07-07-2009, 09:14 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by veryzer - 07-07-2009, 09:39 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by ruby23 - 07-07-2009, 10:05 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Oatmealcookie - 07-07-2009, 10:05 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by veryzer - 07-07-2009, 11:52 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by rok - 07-07-2009, 12:05 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by ruby23 - 07-07-2009, 01:03 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by jstraw - 07-07-2009, 01:21 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by The Dude - 07-07-2009, 01:23 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Jody - 07-07-2009, 01:56 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by BT - 07-07-2009, 02:12 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Fella - 07-07-2009, 02:15 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Coach - 07-07-2009, 02:24 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Butcher - 07-07-2009, 02:28 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by vegascub - 07-07-2009, 02:32 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by kbwsb - 07-07-2009, 02:44 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by BT - 07-07-2009, 02:47 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by kbwsb - 07-07-2009, 02:52 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by SandbergMVP1984 - 07-07-2009, 02:52 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by SandbergMVP1984 - 07-07-2009, 02:52 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by SandbergMVP1984 - 07-07-2009, 02:57 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by kbwsb - 07-07-2009, 02:58 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Butcher - 07-07-2009, 03:16 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Destined - 07-07-2009, 03:24 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by kbwsb - 07-07-2009, 03:48 PM
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Baseball Pet Peeves - by kbwsb - 07-07-2009, 04:05 PM
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Baseball Pet Peeves - by jstraw - 07-07-2009, 04:21 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by The Dude - 07-07-2009, 04:23 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by BT - 07-07-2009, 04:27 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Destined - 07-07-2009, 04:28 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by BT - 07-07-2009, 04:34 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Butcher - 07-07-2009, 04:35 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Butcher - 07-07-2009, 04:37 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by jstraw - 07-07-2009, 07:10 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by veryzer - 07-08-2009, 09:10 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Butcher - 07-08-2009, 11:52 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by dk123 - 07-08-2009, 11:59 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Butcher - 07-08-2009, 12:09 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by veryzer - 07-08-2009, 12:13 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by BT - 07-08-2009, 12:16 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Butcher - 07-08-2009, 12:23 PM
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Baseball Pet Peeves - by biggz - 07-08-2009, 05:44 PM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by BT - 07-09-2009, 12:03 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by dk123 - 07-09-2009, 01:33 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by phan - 07-09-2009, 01:57 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by bz - 07-09-2009, 03:59 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by ruby23 - 07-09-2009, 08:00 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Coach - 07-09-2009, 08:21 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by BT - 07-09-2009, 09:19 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Butcher - 07-09-2009, 10:55 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Brock - 07-09-2009, 11:10 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by Oatmealcookie - 07-09-2009, 11:55 AM
Baseball Pet Peeves - by BT - 07-09-2009, 12:20 PM
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Baseball Pet Peeves - by Butcher - 07-09-2009, 12:31 PM
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Baseball Pet Peeves - by ruby23 - 07-09-2009, 12:57 PM
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