Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

[Evia]

The last legit season of MLB was 2016. It's been dead ever since. Funny that it ended with the cubs winning it all and breaking the "curse" --- how poetic, really.
RIP.
Baseball is still the greatest game ever...but MLB doesn't resemble it at all anymore. Total trash.

[Toxigen]

what happened in 2016

[Evia]

It's more like what happened after 2016.
The Houston TRASHtros cheated their way to a title in 2017 by banging on trash cans to signal what type of pitch was coming...the team kept their title and no player was punished.
MLB altered the baseballs, skewing 100+ year old statistics
MLB changing rules after 100+ years of playing the game the same way, ruining the integrity of the game. Pitch clocks, ghost runners, ect.
MLB focused entirely on analytical data and causing the sport to feel mechanical and robotic. Unnatural.

The best way to describe it is baseball has always been a timeless sport, unchanged, unadulterated. That was part of the magic of it. It was the same game my great grandfather watched...and his grandfather....Now it feels like something organic and natural has been ruined in an attempt to draw more fans in while pushing old fans out. Truly sad to witness...but nothing is sacred I suppose.

I'll miss the memories and I'll mourn the fact that I won't be taking my kids to games and watching it with them on TV. I wont be able to experience the magic of the game with them through MLB because its not the same game at all. Its hollow and lifeless now. That's alright tho more time for us to just go play the game as it was intended IRL.

[Toxigen]

Originally Posted by Evia [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's more like what happened after 2016.
The Houston TRASHtros cheated their way to a title in 2017 by banging on trash cans to signal what type of pitch was coming...the team kept their title and no player was punished.
MLB altered the baseballs, skewing 100+ year old statistics
MLB changing rules after 100+ years of playing the game the same way, ruining the integrity of the game. Pitch clocks, ghost runners, ect.
MLB focused entirely on analytical data and causing the sport to feel mechanical and robotic. Unnatural.

The best way to describe it is baseball has always been a timeless sport, unchanged, unadulterated. That was part of the magic of it. It was the same game my great grandfather watched...and his grandfather....Now it feels like something organic and natural has been ruined in an attempt to draw more fans in while pushing old fans out. Truly sad to witness...but nothing is sacred I suppose.

I'll miss the memories and I'll mourn the fact that I won't be taking my kids to games and watching it with them on TV. I wont be able to experience the magic of the game with them through MLB because its not the same game at all. Its hollow and lifeless now. That's alright tho more time for us to just go play the game as it was intended IRL.

i only ever watched a lot of baseball during the sox runs in '04 and '07

sounds like they're trying to speed the game up for TV

[Trexller]

adulterated

that word could describe literally everything for the past 20 years

[cd288]

Originally Posted by Trexller [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

they didn't even play in the same leagues though? not even the same game rules

NBA gonna integrate WNBA stats?

leftists gettin' it wrong yet again

Can't you keep things non-political just once? Jesus christ you have a problem

[Gozuk]

I actually like the pitch clock and don't mind the slight increase in distance between each base.

Ghost runners is dumb though imo.

I still enjoy baseball.. There is some good talent in today's game. Pitchers are pretty OP though.

[realsubtle]

If Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is anything to go on, and it is, then baseball will still be fondly remembered and preserved by some even after the tides of history wash the MLB away.

[Trexller]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Can't you keep things non-political just once? Jesus christ you have a problem

Originally Posted by Trexller [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

this isn't the racial dog whistle that you think it is, it's just stupid

[magnetaress]

Originally Posted by realsubtle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is anything to go on, and it is, then baseball will still be fondly remembered and preserved by some even after the tides of history wash the MLB away.

Classic Baseball is fun as heck chill sport. If ppl still played sports at all irl instead of EQ and WoW it'd still be huge.

Would even consider an adult soft tball league. Wish there was one for cripples like me.