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Originally Posted by nutt
I'm not sure if this is a troll post that's going so bad, it's blown up into hilarity or if it was an actual new school approach to radical realignment.
Baseball will always have purists and those who do have a new wave approach that also have some purism to them (me, and I still hate the DH in the NL).
History exists for a reason... no, not to write more history but not to ignore it. Baseball thought about geographical realignment in the 90s and the majority of the owners nixed it as it was so bad, it was deemed toxic waste (refer to Baseball Weekly 1997 articles about it).
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Let me assure you I am not a troll. I am 67 years old. I study history. Not just baseball history but all history involving the United States of America.
And geographical realignment is a legitimate idea to maybe improve the game of baseball to more people than just the purists. I have been a baseball fan for over 60 years. And not that it matters but I have played OOTP baseball for 20 years.
And just because I’m not a Hall of Famer like a lot of the people on this thread that.does not mean I love baseball any less or have any less knowledge of baseball than they do.
As far as geographical realignment in the 90s. That was a different story. Because back then was the very start of interleague play. 2022 is way different than 1997 besides the fact it happens to be in a different century. Baseball has fallen to third place in popularity in this country behind the NFL and the NBA. That is a fact.
Each team will be playing 46 interleague games next year. That is a fact. Whether purists like it or not that is the way it’s going to be. The American and National Leagues are going to be more blended than ever.
The way baseball is slipping in popularity something radical needs to be done In order to attract the casual fan and especially the younger generation.
If a 12-year-old kid is asked who LeBron James is or who Tom Brady is they will be able to tell you in a second. If you ask that same kid who Mike Trout is they will say “why would you put a microphone on a fish”.
The only thing constant in life is change. You either adapt to it or you get left behind. That is what is happening to Major league baseball right now.
Baseball purists are the best because they love and cherish the history of their sport. But they are also the worst because they are not willing to adapt to modern times and what the world is today.
I also have additional rule changes that could be made. Including one that would make the purists soil their undergarments. I will save that for another time.