#JerrySlam

[Scrote Squad]

"I hated baseball, but now that it's just 100 games per season I'll become a die hard fan"

- Nobody

Very accurate representation of what people are saying, b00bie. Instead, look at it from a different perspective than your own. I'm a big Tribe fan but 162 games are far too many. When the impact of a 3 game home stand is largely negligible over the course of an entire season, it's too much.

 

[The Oi]

You know what's great about the MLB playoffs?

Fewer games.

Increases the stakes and drama of each game.

#shortenit #100games

 

[AZ_]

Very accurate representation of what people are saying, b00bie. Instead, look at it from a different perspective than your own. I'm a big Tribe fan but 162 games are far too many. When the impact of a 3 game home stand is largely negligible over the course of an entire season, it's too much.

The lessened impact of the regular season doesn't seem to affect the NBA, where the Cavs can play half a season at below .500 while not needing to sweat for an instant.

 

[The Oi]

16 regular season baseball games. One game against each team in your league and two interleague games.

Playoffs stay the same.

Ratings through the roof.

 

[macbdog]

In basketball, 82 games are too many because the players get too tired. In baseball, 162 games are too many because fans get bored? I really am stymied by this- is this why so many refuse to get season tickets? Because of 81 home games a year? I'm seriously doubting this. 50 or 81, that is a huge time commitment.

The pace and length of each baseball game is what needs to be addressed and MLB is actively doing that. The in between innings and pitching change clocks have been instituted. The pitch clock was just introduced in AAA and AA. It will take time for these changes to be adapted to, these are big shifts. MLBPA has to get on board too, they are reluctant about the pitch clock. While none of these changes will make baseball as exciting as the last two minutes of an NBA game or as exhilarating as the 95% downtime of an NFL game, reducing overall game times is something definitely needed.

 

[godfather]

The MLB playoff ratings tell a different story.

And the ratings wouldn't sky rocket even higher, if they didn't compete against the NFL?

It's not like the NFL has been around for just 5 years.

 

[Steve_424]

The MLB playoff ratings tell a different story.

http://mweb.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-o...the-nlcs-in-tv-ratings-no-this-isnt-important

 

[godfather]

http://mweb.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-o...the-nlcs-in-tv-ratings-no-this-isnt-important

Read the article, a baseball writer that clearly doesn't even play attention to the NFL to get his facts right.

Such a baseball homer.

"The NFL is "event programming" played primarily one weekend day a week during cold-weather months as part of a 17-week regular season. Of course it's going to have higher national TV ratings. Again, it had damn well better."



Thursday, Sunday, and Monday equates to one weekend day a week.

Just stopppp, the NFL killes baseball, badly.

The theory that football does so well because its played once a week has been dismantled, when the ratings continue to climb, while adding more games per week, even when the quality itself has suffered, people still can't get enough of it.

I personally think the NFL has gotten overrated over the years, I still enjoy it (not as much as I used to), but there's no denying its popularity, especially compared to any other sport in this country.

 

[Steve_424]

Read the article, a baseball writer that clearly doesn't even play attention to the NFL to get his facts right.

Such a baseball homer.

"The NFL is "event programming" played primarily one weekend day a week during cold-weather months as part of a 17-week regular season. Of course it's going to have higher national TV ratings. Again, it had damn well better."



Thursday, Sunday, and Monday equates to one weekend day a week.

Just stopppp, the NFL killes baseball, badly.

The theory that football does so well because its played once a week has been dismantled, when the ratings continue to climb, while adding more games per week, even when the quality itself has suffered, people still can't get enough of it.

I personally think the NFL has gotten overrated over the years, I still enjoy it (not as much as I used to), but there's no denying its popularity, especially compared to any other sport in this country.

I think the point is this:

The Browns, for example, play once per week, mostly on Sunday when nobody has anything to do. The Indians play 5-6 times per week, with several weekday games. TV ratings are going to be higher when there's only one chance to catch the local team per week.

My original point is that baseball ratings have continually grown and that it remains an extremely popular sport.

 

[godfather]

I think the point is this:

The Browns, for example, play once per week, mostly on Sunday when nobody has anything to do. The Indians play 5-6 times per week, with several weekday games. TV ratings are going to be higher when there's only one chance to catch the local team per week.

My original point is that baseball ratings have continually grown and that it remains an extremely popular sport.

We're talking nationally here, not just locally. Football games are shown nationally more frequently than any of the sports, and the ratings are still dramatically higher than the other two sports.

The writer is labeling the NFL's popularity as an 'event', when that makes no sense, given Nationally the NFL is more exposed than both the other two sports, and it doesn't hurt their ratings at all.

How they do locally is always going to vary depending on the popularity of the sport in that region.

But nationally, nothing comes close to touching the NFL.

 

[Steve_424]

We're talking nationally here, not just locally. Football games are shown nationally more frequently than any of the sports, and the ratings are still dramatically higher than the other two sports.

The writer is labeling the NFL's popularity as an 'event', when that makes no sense, given Nationally the NFL is more exposed than both the other two sports, and it doesn't hurt their ratings at all.

How they do locally is always going to vary depending on the popularity of the sport in that region.

But nationally, nothing comes close to touching the NFL.

So because the NFL has higher ratings that means MLB must be struggling? Ratings are really good both locally and nationally.

 

[godfather]

So because the NFL has higher ratings that means MLB must be struggling? Ratings are really good both locally and nationally.

I don't think I was speaking about the MLB struggling ratings wise overall. I really don't have a clear view what they do, if they're doing better than before.

But baseball would do even better, regardless of how well, or bad they're doing, if they didn't have to compete with the NFL during their post season.

Is it not safe to say if the NFL season wasn't going on during the MLB post-season, they'd even do better than what they're already doing?

I never suggested it's overall good idea for the MLB to cut back games, because there's just way too much money they'd lose doing that.

But at the same time, I'm sure the MLB hates the fact the NFL season is running during their fall classic.

 

[macbdog]

I'm still trying to figure out how sport that plays once a week is taking away noticeable attention from baseball's almost nightly playoff games. We are a 24/7 society with pro sports as our number 1 time killer. We fill that void with everything but women's basketball. The NFL regular season isn't cutting into viewership on the other 5 nights a week with games... And if anyone is watching a Thursday night game between the Jags and Cardinals instead of a playoff game between the Giants and Cardinals, well... that person has a gambling problem.

 

[macbdog]

All this is besides the point...

Antonetti has to get out from under Danny Ferrys old desk and ship out Raburn for another utility infielder or minor league reliever so Jerry Sands can be recalled. Can't begin to hate a player until they get to actually play. Sooner the better.

 

[The Oi]

I haven't paid attention to the Indians all year. Which players are most hated right now?