Wow I feel like today has been super-successful. I’m not taking credit for it, but after a summer of my twitter followers telling me I am old, complains and to STFU, it is really great to see all the articles about baseball having Major Issues.
To recap, in the last 30 hours or so we’ve seen articles in the WSJ, the NY Times, Yahoo, Mets Police of course lol, and now Sports Illustrated.
Much like Murphy, Harvey, instant replay and black uniforms, this may very well turn out to be another example of the old man being right all along.
Anyway, I am glad to see that the Baseball Is Broken discussion is out there. I’d like my sport back.
The evolution of baseball has resulted, too, in games that simply feel longer by dearth of action. The league batting average of .248 was its lowest since 1969 and just eight points shy of the all-time worst mark set in ’68. Defensive shifts gobble up balls on the left and right that, in years previous, would have scooted through for singles—another outcome in a downward trend. Strikeouts continue to soar: We’ve seen a new overall record set in that stat every year for the last decade. As pitchers get bette
Source: The World Series pace of play has MLB worried | SI.com
