The first two series of the regular season have been canceled.
Rob Manfred: "The last five years were difficult from a revenue perspective."
Difficult in that it's hard to find places to stack the literal billions they are making.
This is fucking ridiculous. The plague seems to be resolving (Please, God, please). Spring is coming and people are ready for some baseball!
Figure it out.
In case you're wondering what to get the hard-to-shop-for baseball fan in your life next birthday/anniversary/major December holiday, there's this:
Signed photo of Nolan Ryan pounding the crap out of Robin Ventura with the inscription, "Don't mess with Texas"
You'll never convince me that MLB needs to ban the shift.
Manfred really seems to be playing to the lowest common denominator. I, for one, liked the strategy element of baseball, much like you'd see in football. Yes, the easy way to appeal to people is a home run, especially a walk off, but some of us are also interested in the small ball that can win (see: Edgar Renteria in 1997, Luis Gonzalez in 2001).
If these are truly the best players in the world, they should be able to strategize and overcome a defensive strategy.
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