Ahh. Baseball, America’s pastime, is currently a topic rarely shown at the top of sports analysis or sports news shows, so what can be done to rectify the situation? I have three steps.
1. Install a game clock to run continuously for three hours with exceptions for extra-curricular activity like slowing the game down in any way. Nine innings have to be completed at a minimum. If, after nine innings, regardless of score, there is still time on the clock, the teams should continue playing until time expires.
2. While the NFL and NHL have a frequent issue with caving in each other’s brains, baseball is like a field full of crops waiting to be harvested. Recruit inner city, suburban, and rural youth to the game and teach them the right way to play the game in terms of fundamentals and ettiquete.
3. Last but certainly not least, dispose of the ideology of “unwritten rules.” Let’s be frank: if it’s not written, it’s not a rule. Showing up someone with a epic bat flip is acceptable whereas beanball wars are not.
I hope these guidelines reach a huge audience.