@mmasnick @cathygellis
Crazy thought:
Baseball was incredibly popular in the era between when Babe Ruth was still a pitcher to when Joe DiMaggio finally retired.
Maybe we should go back to the rules of the game that Ruth and DiMaggio played.
@msbellows @cathygellis baseball also didn't have to compete with other major sports then, nor was it on TV. Nor did it have to compete with social media.
Times change. We might not agree with every change, but making the game better is a worthy goal.
@mmasnick @msbellows @cathygellis You joke, but when I try to watch a game lately, I feel like Frye watching Blernsball
@msbellows @mmasnick @cathygellis Here here!
AM Radio baseball story: Buddy of mine had a health emergency in '95 & was hospitalized for several months; hospital room had no TV, just a radio. Wasn't much of a baseball fan until then, but w/o many options, started listening to Mariners games right when they were starting to get hot
Was finally well enough to get the needed surgery, convinced the docs to wait until after the ALDS was finished +
@msbellows @mmasnick @cathygellis + was given a clean bill of health & sent home a few days later.
To this day, he blames himself for the M's losing the ALCS in '95, because he watched it on TV, rather than listening to it on the radio
Mike Masnick ✅
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