Well that off season went by pretty fast. Another baseball season is upon us and the Mets are 1-0. Extrapolated to a full season that comes to…[gets calculator]…162-0! Who am I kidding, I’ll be happy if Syndergaard and Cespedes can stay healthy for a full season.
This year, in a herculean effort to speed up the game, baseball had limited catchers trips to the mound to 6 per game. If this is successful the time of game may decrease to that of what it was in the pre-replay review era. In other words, not much.
In an era where teams carry 13-15 men pitching staffs and relief pitchers are expected to pitch no more than one inning, the idea of having ballgames last shorter than 3.5 hours is a pipe dream at best.
I would be happy, however, if baseball banned the playing of God Bless America in the 7th inning stretch. If they must have this jingoistic nonsense at least move it to the 6th inning, leaving Take Me Out to the Ballgame to reclaim its rightful place in Americana.
Play ball!
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