2022 CBA
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2022 11:31 pm
734D4840534B4B406045524116240 wrote: I'm struggling, y'all. I haven't watched a single MLB game all year. I watched two innings of Rays/Red Sox on the 4th of July because it was the 4th. But that's it. Nothing else at all. Cancelled my MLB.tv subscription. Haven't watched ten seconds of MLB Network. I hate what they've done to the game. First it was the four finger wave for an IBB, then three-batter minimums. Then the NL DH, the extra inning ghost runners, and seven inning games in double headers (thank goodness that's gone). Rules against position players pitching. A special rule put in place for one single player (the Shohei Ohtani rule). Next year, they're banning shifts, changing the size of bases, and thus the distance between bases, and potentially limiting how far back outfielders can play. There's talk of backing the mound up a foot, and moving second base so it's not a straight line between first and second, and between second and third.
Yes, there's still pitching, hitting, fielding, and base running. But I hardly recognize this game anymore.
Some may call me an old fuddy-duddy. I don't care. I'm 40. Is that old? Maybe. Maybe not. Depends. To a fifteen year old, it's ancient. To someone who is 75, I'm still a young puppy. Regardless, I used to love baseball. I'd watch 100 Pirates games a year, and probably 25 others. On days when I couldn't watch the Pirates game for some reason, I'd watch highlights of the game. But I haven't done any of that this year.
On top of everything I lamented above, MLB has actually managed to make it harder to watch your favorite team's games. It's bad enough that they didn't get rid of the blackouts (six teams are blacked out here in Iowa). But now, to get every game, you need to subscribe to a cable or satellite service with your local RSN, MLB.tv or Extra Innings, Peacock, and Apple TV+. It's insane.
But, I kind of miss it. Being a diehard Oklahoma Sooners fan, I watched most of the College World Series. The high school where I teach at in Iowa just qualified for the state tournament, and I enjoyed going to the game yesterday to root for them.
I'm hoping maybe one or more of you can help me...is it as bad as I'm making it out to be?
I'm paying more attention to the Pirates this year than I have in the past couple because of the work Cherington is doing. For the first time since 2016 I believe the organization, on the baseball side, is moving in the right direction. We can't do anything about Nutting so I try not to think about how he cripples the major league team when it comes to competing.
Like you, the rules changes are disappointing, to be kind. I'm trying my best to look past them and just focus on the action in the game. It's still a beautiful thing to watch once the ball is put into play, and then to think about in between pitches. I can't ever see myself not paying attention, in some way, to baseball in general and the Pirates in particular, no matter how the owners screw it up.
However, if the Pirates get to where they were in 2015, and Nutting gets in the way again, I'm not sure if my interest will continue.
If Nutting gets in the way again, you know who, will be
absolutely unbearable to talk too or play golf.
He’s already unbearable when he’s just standing there.
Yes, there's still pitching, hitting, fielding, and base running. But I hardly recognize this game anymore.
Some may call me an old fuddy-duddy. I don't care. I'm 40. Is that old? Maybe. Maybe not. Depends. To a fifteen year old, it's ancient. To someone who is 75, I'm still a young puppy. Regardless, I used to love baseball. I'd watch 100 Pirates games a year, and probably 25 others. On days when I couldn't watch the Pirates game for some reason, I'd watch highlights of the game. But I haven't done any of that this year.
On top of everything I lamented above, MLB has actually managed to make it harder to watch your favorite team's games. It's bad enough that they didn't get rid of the blackouts (six teams are blacked out here in Iowa). But now, to get every game, you need to subscribe to a cable or satellite service with your local RSN, MLB.tv or Extra Innings, Peacock, and Apple TV+. It's insane.
But, I kind of miss it. Being a diehard Oklahoma Sooners fan, I watched most of the College World Series. The high school where I teach at in Iowa just qualified for the state tournament, and I enjoyed going to the game yesterday to root for them.
I'm hoping maybe one or more of you can help me...is it as bad as I'm making it out to be?
I'm paying more attention to the Pirates this year than I have in the past couple because of the work Cherington is doing. For the first time since 2016 I believe the organization, on the baseball side, is moving in the right direction. We can't do anything about Nutting so I try not to think about how he cripples the major league team when it comes to competing.
Like you, the rules changes are disappointing, to be kind. I'm trying my best to look past them and just focus on the action in the game. It's still a beautiful thing to watch once the ball is put into play, and then to think about in between pitches. I can't ever see myself not paying attention, in some way, to baseball in general and the Pirates in particular, no matter how the owners screw it up.
However, if the Pirates get to where they were in 2015, and Nutting gets in the way again, I'm not sure if my interest will continue.
If Nutting gets in the way again, you know who, will be
absolutely unbearable to talk too or play golf.
He’s already unbearable when he’s just standing there.