MLB Blasts Unwritten Rules

[Montalban]

MLB releases ad slamming the 'unwritten rules'

Perhaps they should be more worried about their umpires' unwritten strike zones.

 

[wazzu31]

Well the commissioner and most everyone involved in the headquarters hates baseball it makes sense they go after unwritten rules. They have taken away the inside plate, and unintentionally taking away personality from the game. In the 80’s and 90’s hitters would show up the pitcher on a homerun, get one in the back then do it again. You don’t lessen the quality of play by kicking out the player. Same if someone plows your catcher, dude gets one in the back.

Only time baseball guys need to step in is when a retaliation is at someone’s head. But vaginizing the game actually takes the personality out of the game which is what Manfred is trying to get more of.

 

[seattlefan75]

Baseball is losing ratings and people arent as interested in it since the steroid era. People want to see home runs, celebrations, pitchers talking crap to hitters and hitters trash talk after an RBI or homer. Nobody wants to see a shift on defense and keep the score 3-1 and pulling starting pitchers after 6 innings. The NFL and NBA celebrate and trash talk and the fans love it

 

[navamind]

get off my lawn

 

[Moab]

They can make all the rules changes they want and add any window dressing they feel like, but it's not addressing the real issue.

Competitive imbalance is killing this sport more than anything. The large market teams can just buy the best talent and put the best product on the field year after year by simply buying it. The small market teams have to play the roller coaster game since they can't just buy talent. They play the tank game for a few years, develop prospects and then either promote them and hope it works out or trade them for reliable talent they can afford and be competitive with that talent. They can then sell tickets and put butts in the seat which gets them some needed cash to be competitive. Then they lose the talent when it becomes too expensive and they wash, rinse and repeat.

With that in mind, can you really blame the fans for not showing up when their team is awful? Isn't that basically a formula to create a fair weather fan base?

 

[Cyder]

As long as they have Angel Hernandez umping games they should shut the hell up

 

[The Q]

They can make all the rules changes they want and add any window dressing they feel like, but it's not addressing the real issue.

Competitive imbalance is killing this sport more than anything. The large market teams can just buy the best talent and put the best product on the field year after year by simply buying it. The small market teams have to play the roller coaster game since they can't just buy talent. They play the tank game for a few years, develop prospects and then either promote them and hope it works out or trade them for reliable talent they can afford and be competitive with that talent. They can then sell tickets and put butts in the seat which gets them some needed cash to be competitive. Then they lose the talent when it becomes too expensive and they wash, rinse and repeat.

With that in mind, can you really blame the fans for not showing up when their team is awful? Isn't that basically a formula to create a fair weather fan base?

Statistical fact: Baseball is the sport that has more parity than any other pro sport.

 

[The Q]

Well the commissioner and most everyone involved in the headquarters hates baseball it makes sense they go after unwritten rules. They have taken away the inside plate, and unintentionally taking away personality from the game. In the 80’s and 90’s hitters would show up the pitcher on a homerun, get one in the back then do it again. You don’t lessen the quality of play by kicking out the player. Same if someone plows your catcher, dude gets one in the back.

Only time baseball guys need to step in is when a retaliation is at someone’s head. But vaginizing the game actually takes the personality out of the game which is what Manfred is trying to get more of.

You forgot You’re also racist if you want them to just act like professionals

 

[kburjr]

They can make all the rules changes they want and add any window dressing they feel like, but it's not addressing the real issue.

Competitive imbalance is killing this sport more than anything. The large market teams can just buy the best talent and put the best product on the field year after year by simply buying it. The small market teams have to play the roller coaster game since they can't just buy talent. They play the tank game for a few years, develop prospects and then either promote them and hope it works out or trade them for reliable talent they can afford and be competitive with that talent. They can then sell tickets and put butts in the seat which gets them some needed cash to be competitive. Then they lose the talent when it becomes too expensive and they wash, rinse and repeat.

With that in mind, can you really blame the fans for not showing up when their team is awful? Isn't that basically a formula to create a fair weather fan base?

Same as it ever was. The Yankees owned baseball for years because of this. So what? When the best teams struggle to play .650 ball, there is not a huge competitive advantage. A .600 team goes to the playoffs. Win 3 of 5 consistently is the target.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Same as it ever was. The Yankees owned baseball for years because of this. So what?

I loved what George Will used to point out so often: that everyone always longed for "the good old days of baseball," back when the Yankees, Giants, and Dodgers were the only teams playing in the World Series every year

 

[JohnU]

Mainly what annoys me is that the guys in "New York" have taken the fun out of a manager going ballistic on the field. When it is a close call, we just wait for two guys with headsets to get the call "right" from some people who are on The Island who shall never been accountable for anything. Umps don't even try to get it right and they know that the manager doesn't have a leg to stand on once the appeal is requested. The players who are affected just shrug and go back to whatever they were doing. No whining, no bitching, no nothing.
And the games take 4 hours now because of it.
But golly gee whiz, one weekend out of the year, they let the players wear polka dot shoes and have their nickname on their shirt.
And oh, powder blue and pink ...
Fuck this crap. Just play the damned game. If you flip a bat, get ready for some trash when you hit third base.