Is baseball better now?

[Duck_walk]

Not in my eyes. Less action. Less fun.

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[Eagles_Ball]

Not in my eyes. Less action. Less fun.

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I'll admit, it's harder for me to watch a game now. Not sure if it's age, more options, less exciting product...but one thing is for sure, I struggle getting through a game. Doesn't help that the Birds are REALLY hard to watch a lot of nights.

 

[Neutron Monster]

I agree it is less exciting. I'm not sure what exactly they should do, but a game where the HR is slightly less likely would probably help this.

The walk value hurts, too. If it took five pitches to walk, guys would probably swing at more stuff.

Reliever usage is also brutal, and they could address that by forcing guys to pitch to more than one batter.

 

[vbsideout]

When you take WAR, zip zone rip, launch angles, PIzone ratings, and all the metrics the game is no longer fun because you know who is going to win before the first pitch is made.

 

[STL_Dan]

I'll admit, it's harder for me to watch a game now. Not sure if it's age, more options, less exciting product...but one thing is for sure, I struggle getting through a game. Doesn't help that the Birds are REALLY hard to watch a lot of nights.

This.

 

[3Rfan]

When you take WAR, zip zone rip, launch angles, PIzone ratings, and all the metrics the game is no longer fun because you know who is going to win before the first pitch is made.

Only if you know enough about the metrics to figure it out. I don't even try to do that so I don't know who will win on any given night.