Meetings on pitching mound in MLB. Ban them all - even if removing a pitcher. Do coaches in any other sport need to shuffle onto the playing field to make personnel changes. That would probably save 30 minutes per game!
Sports pet peeves
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Infield fly rule isn't hard to understand. It's a good rule.
Like so many rules, you just need to think what would happen if the rule hadn't been implemented.
Just curious why you wouldn't get a smart phone. You can turn it off whenever you don't want to be bothered, but also literally have a computer in your pocket.
There are a number of different personal reasons, one of which is expense. I'm also quite good at losing and breaking things. There are other personal reasons. I do have a semi-smart Tracfone, but it's a flip and the display is too small and the phone too slow to use for that purpose (good for scores though). My wife does have one, which we have used for a Crew game. But she does not like baseball.
The other issue is the more that I have to jump though hoops to attend an event is when I start saying "no thanks". That general reason (at the time (2013), increasing cost, travel, hotel cost, extra security, and extra "donations", among other items) is why we are no longer season ticket holders at Penn State--and in fact have only been to a couple home games since then. We found it was easier and cheaper to go to Europe for a couple weeks every couple of years.
Fair.
I was resistant to cell phones when they first came out and did not rush to get a smart phone, but I believe it is one of the most useful (in terms of daily use) inventions of the past 100 years. It can also be a giant time suck, but when used responsibly it is a tremendous tool.
There are upsides to digital only tickets though. One example is it makes creating fake tickets more difficult for scammers.
1. Double Yes on the slapping hands after every basketball free throw.
2. Men's Soccer, all of it.
3. Pace of a big league game on tv, love it when in person because it extends the experience, but on TV? Golly, not getting any younger viewers at that pace.
4. The media timeouts in basketball. I understand the advertisers need their time but with the media timeouts I think there are at least 14 stops in play maybe.
5. Politics invading sports. I watch you to get away from real life, not be reminded of it.
2. Men's Soccer, all of it.
3. Pace of a big league game on tv, love it when in person because it extends the experience, but on TV? Golly, not getting any younger viewers at that pace.
4. The media timeouts in basketball. I understand the advertisers need their time but with the media timeouts I think there are at least 14 stops in play maybe.
5. Politics invading sports. I watch you to get away from real life, not be reminded of it.
I saw a kid wearing one in a little league game last week.. He got caught stealing 2nd anyways because he doesn't have an athletic bone in his body, but he looked good with that baserunning mitt.
That’s why I married my wife. She knew what the infield fly rule was, and she knew all the words to Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw.
I never thought the infield fly rule was hard to understand until I had to explain it to a Pakistani grad student that would often accompany me to the State College Spikes games. He had never seen a baseball game until he came to PSU. We had a lot of laughs as I tried to teach him the game. When explaining double-plays, he asked if any extra outs carried over to the next inning. For example: If there are two outs and the batter hit into a double-play, for what would be the 3rd & 4th outs of the inning, would that team start out with one out for their next turn at bat. Always thought that would be an interesting thing to try.
I had NO CLUE ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE what I was missing until my baby brother bought me one for my 65th b-day six years ago. It was like emerging from the Stone Age! And that is a great way to describe it, having a computer in your pocket. (Or usually in my hands.)
On the flip side, going down to a game with a couple bucks in your pocket looking/negotiating for a cheap ticket is a thing of the past. Or trying to get rid of one last minute when someone in your group can't make it. I went to a lot of NHL hockey games for $10-15, lower bowl. Not any more, though.
Time suck is actually one of my concerns. Another is that every company you do business with wants you to install their app--and they you get bombarded with cr*p.
I think some of the sports teams require you to install the ticket app, the league app, and the team app before you can access your tickets. At least two of those.
Mind you, I think mobile ticketing is a good option for many folks. The trouble comes when it is the only option.
Appreciated about time suck and apps. One solution to apps (or anything else you have to sign up for) is just to use a dedicated email address (e.g. kgilbert78a@gmail or whatever) that you only use to signups. Then all your spam/advertising goes to that email. You can still check it if you need it for tickets etc, but you don't get your regular inbox clogged up with spam.
For the apps themselves, you can always either turn off notifications (if you are being bothered by them) or just uninstall them when you don't need them (I'm assuming you aren't going to sporting events every week).
This is a great idea. Baseball is in need of a lot of renovation, but this would be an innovation. It would also help the game go faster.
A good example how someone unfamiliar with something can raise questions to challenge/improve the old model that most everyone may simply accept.
Baseball is OK exactly the way it is. People who don't like it, won't like it no matter what changes they make. Baseball isn't supposed to be like football, basketball or hockey.
So if he says baseball is complicated....have him take you to a cricket game. Now there’s some crazy rules.....💂🏼♂️
Have not read whole thread so not sure if already mentioned. My biggest pet peeve is when the team I am cheering for loses. 😉
The games seem to go on for three days and they have a break called a tea interval.
Another pet peeve is in lacrosse where they do a face off after every goal instead of changing possession. I suppose ice hockey does the same thing but it’s not as important to the outcome there.
Soccer players faking injury. Just man/woman up an continue to play!
What's the rush? Have a beer, hotdog, crackerjacks and sit back and relax for a couple hours.
Pirate Padres game.....a nine inning game.......went four hrs, seven minutes this week. No rain delays, fights, injuries.
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