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Originally posted by Rasmuth
oh well...I'd much rather see a well pitched 1 to nothing game
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Y'know, the arguments that homeruns draw fans are so ridiculous.
How many people watch football because they want to see a touchdown or field goal?
How many people watch hockey because they want to see a ton of goals scored?
There's a lot more to any sport than scoring. A 6-3 football game is an incredibly exciting thing. The most exciting hockey game I've personally seen was the marathon 1-0 game the Flyers/Penguins played here a few years ago in the playoffs (believe it went to 4 overtimes?).
The thing that the commissioner, owners, and players need to realize is that a 3-2 baseball game has more of the tension that makes baseball exciting than a 12-6 snoozer.
They also need to fix the game lengths caused by constant starting/stopping. Stop letting batters step out of the box after every pitch. 20 years ago, if someone had tried to step out of the box more than once in an at bat, the umpire would have eventually said "enough is enough". Mike Hargrove, actually, is famous largely because he called time after each and every pitch. Nowadays, everyone does that. I'll stop now before I start ranting about multiple pitching changes in an inning, and infinte pickoff attempts.
Could you imagine how exciting basketball or football would be if the players could just stand around for as long as they want inbetween plays?
Jason