tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post2783862843935221959..comments2024-02-29T23:31:03.341-05:00Comments on Out Of Left Field: Zen Dayley: Selig's buddy Boras would have avoided that muddy morasssagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08757652892056684490noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-68848811795821449322008-10-28T15:46:00.000-04:002008-10-28T15:46:00.000-04:00However, I should mention that a shorter season wo...However, I should mention that a shorter season would increase ticket prices. So you reduce the complaining from the owners at the expense of Joe Fan. Depending on your view, that's either good or bad...Rob Pettapiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17743965469597855086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-61307892234838699862008-10-28T15:43:00.000-04:002008-10-28T15:43:00.000-04:00A 140-game season is the painfully obvious solutio...A 140-game season is the painfully obvious solution. <BR/><BR/>How it works now is: six months to play 162, one month to play the postseason. 22 fewer games means we can cut back on season length by a month, so it becomes five and one. Season is about April 15 to September 15, playoffs run into October, and the World Series ends around Thanksgiving.<BR/><BR/>Problem is with one of the owners or players. Either you cut players' salaries or reduce the amount the owners make in a season. Imagine, the nerve of making multimillionaires slightly less rich! (Ignoring, of course, the fact that shorter seasons would reduce injuries and lengthen careers.)Rob Pettapiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17743965469597855086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-39869320582590137682008-10-28T13:41:00.000-04:002008-10-28T13:41:00.000-04:00Better...maybe. Likely...no. I just can't see MLS ...Better...maybe. Likely...no. I just can't see MLS giving up that income. A far fetched idea with a better chance of happening would be to have each team play two neutral site series to start the year--some could go to Japan, some to Korea, some to Europe, some to...wherever there was a place to play and a market to build. <BR/><BR/>There is no way of getting around the weather issue. It's a matter of limiting its impact. That said, I'm not holding my breath on anything happening at all.Duane Rollinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512076277116230020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-2583386794670298362008-10-28T12:21:00.000-04:002008-10-28T12:21:00.000-04:00"Domes and southern locations." You would need 7 t..."Domes and southern locations." You would need 7 to make that work in the 14-team AL, but there's only 5 ... Toronto and Tampa Bay are the only domes. Minnesota moves to an outdoor stadium in 2010. Seattle has a canopy roof but it's open to the elements. The only southern locations are L.A. and Texas.<BR/><BR/>Over in the NL, same story ... L.A., San Diego, Florida, Houston, Arizona, Atlanta are the warm spots ... Milwaukee is the only northern city with a dome. You'd still have to place someplace that can get cold, and you'd be doing it earlier?<BR/> <BR/><BR/>Plus from a competitive standpoint, making Boston or Detroit always start on the road is not fair. It's better to play a shorter season.sagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757652892056684490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-8412620325205127252008-10-28T11:43:00.000-04:002008-10-28T11:43:00.000-04:00Start the season two weeks earlier. With every tea...Start the season two weeks earlier. With every team still playing, you can work weather issues out by playing in domes and southern locations. Additionally you have all season to make up games that just can't be played.<BR/><BR/>If the World Series is being played from Oct 1-14, then weather is far less of an issue.Duane Rollinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512076277116230020noreply@blogger.com