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Originally Posted by kutulu
That has nothing at all to do with why the 2002 ASG was a tie. It was a tie because until that it was customary to make sure that just about everyone got a chance to play. As a result they went through all 19 pitchers in 11 innings. You cannot bring a pitcher back in after removing him, you'll risk an injury.
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That is true, it was poor managerial skills and the desire to showcase every player.
Up until that time there had been 9 extra inning games (5 going past the 11th inning) with only one ending in a tie because of rain.
The point I was trying to make is that MLB and the players (any of the big sports actually) can tarnish and hurt the integrity and treat fans like shit and not truly care because they have their billion dollar contracts and the public may get pissy and mad about things but we still go.
Pro sports is becoming more and more WWE-ified, and noone seems to truly care enough to turn them off and demand better.
In my 40 years I have never in my life seen such little talent in any sport. It's easy to get great stats when the talent around you sucks shit and doesn't care.
In baseball, 9 times out of 10 a player signs the BIG contract and never plays the same again.
In the NFL they have tweaked and distorted the rules that so much as touching the QB the wrong way is a penalty. (Hell, I remember back when the Browns Turkey Jones picked Bradshaw up and piledrove him.... now, you slide into the QB accidently and a flag is thrown.)
In the NBA, I maybe a Cavs fan (somewhat still my least favorite sport) and to compare the talent today with that of the 80's or early 90's is laughable.
In the end the Mitchell report isn't going to matter, what baseball does isn't going to matter (they'll do something for show but come on they're not going to change anything, the union won't let them and they know they don't really need to).
The only thing that will change anything is if we all stopped watching (won't happen because even if they stated everything was fake we'd still go, because we want the entertainment and we just don't care), advertisers decided to put the ad money into payrolls or research and development (won't happen, the advertisers like their perks, we love the commercials they are almost as exciting as the game) and the major networks, cable stations and satellite networks decided the contracts weren't worth the money. Which won't happen because almost every major media company owns a piece of a major sports team or 2).
I apologize, this ran too long and I just needed to vent. Sorry if someone gets upset by the length.