Baseball That Finally Means Something
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by user LastRow
Oh man…Can you feel the excitement in the air. I sure can, and believe me, that’s not the only place I can feel it! So you’ll have to excuse me if I take a couple of pauses typing this…For my emotions would got the best of me & my bodily functions. It’s finally here…October is finally upon us. Now we all know what this means, don’t we? We’re less than 24 hours away from Opening Day of the Major League Baseball season….There’s nothing like it, baseball that finally means something!
No longer are we faced with a ridiculous 162 Spring Training game schedule. Gone are the teams that try so hard to impersonate a Major League Baseball team, isn’t that right Pittsburgh, Chicago (North Side), Kansas City, Colorado…etc.. Really, in all honesty, what is the sense of playing 162 games? I’m sure there will be a couple of morons that take this question to heart and actually try to explain this to me…Here, I’ll save you the time & energy. I GIVE A SHIT! This just in, those teams mentioned above, yeah, they sucked after 20 games, sucked after 30 games, and by after 60 games they were already counting down the games until they were eliminated from the playoffs. After the All-Star break, why come back? What’s the purpose of going to see the Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs. Baltimore Orioles (or pick any two suck ass teams you wish) on a hot, muggy night in late August?
On the flip side, does it really take 162 games to figure out that the Yankees & A’s are going to make the post season? Why, haven’t they been the talk of baseball’s best since before mid summer? Mid-summer people! Okay, so the Minnesota Twins came out of nowhere to win the AL Central, on the last day, be it courtesy of the Detroit Tigers…The Houston Astros almost did likewise to win the NL Central, and for that 162 games were needed. Although, how often does this happen? Speaking of the Astros, this is typical of them…Year after year, they make their annual second half run. This right here tells me that they can give a rat’s ass about the first half of the season. Why? It’s quite simple…Playing 162 games in a season, the first half of it doesn’t me diddle pooh!
When referring to any sports season, the old cliché goes,… “It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon.” Well I guess the Major League Baseball regular season is a double marathon then! In all seriousness what are the ramifications of playing these many games. Please tell me I’m not the only one who thinks this way? I probably am! That’s okay, I can handle being the black sleep…I get it from my dad…Thanks Pops! At least I know I have at least one fan of my theory. Now I won’t argue with anybody who says, there isn’t a better national past time than turning on WGN and watching the Cubs. Not because we’re interested in the game, but it’s 2 o’clock on a Saturday afternoon…That could only mean one thing, Nap Time! There isn’t no better combination to accomplish this task than that!
For the real die-hard baseball fans out there, I personally want to know…What on God’s green earth can 162-game baseball schedule help get your jollies off every single game? Here’s a crazy notion…What would happen if we would shorten the length of the season? There, I said it…Cut some games! Maybe instead of 162 try around 120. This way, when it’s still cold up north in April…Hey, what ya know. The season could start later…Late April or early May? I hope everybody endorsees my candidacy for improving the game of baseball. I vow I will work along side Jose Canseco to give the fans out there what they want!
Shouldn’t a baseball season be more important every time a team steps out there on the diamond? Why in football, players only have one-tenth the season…And less on the college level. They talk about the grind of the baseball season…Again, why not relieve some of it. Supposedly, due to that fact the season is so long, (and unmeaningful) this is why these bone heads take performance enhancers. Yeah, Okay, Sure, Gotcha! Really all 162 games prove is how the superior teams are far more superior….And all the “Loveable Losers” are, well just that. Besides maybe more love? Please let’s stop the madness before I pay tribute to Mr. (“I'm not a dirty player. I don't play dirty. I have respect for the game. What I feel like is I disgraced the game, disgraced my team and disgraced my last name,") Haynesworth and decleat my own head & face!
SHORTEN THE BASEBALL REGULAR SEASON TO MAKE GAMES START MEANING MORE…(WELL, AT LEAST A LITTLE)! If George Washington can chop down a cherry tree, Bud Selig can do this. It’s not like this is a worse idea then tagged on the slogan to the All-Star game…”THIS ONE COUNTS”!
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Date
Mon 10/02/06, 3:36 pm EST
