If I were baseball commissioner
Good morning, all. I hope your week is off to a terrific start.
If I were baseball commissioner for a day and had omnipotent power, here is what I would invoke:
No more loud music at games. Organ music would be the only music permitted
Managers must present the lineup cards before the game at home plate in the meeting with the umpires, not someone representing the manager
Managers must be in full uniform; none of this pullover nonsense
Keeping with the pace-of-play rules, a batter would be permitted to request time to step out of the batter’s box just one time per game; not one time per at bat
Enough of the ghost runner in extra inning games
Enough of the nonsensical rule a relief pitcher must face at least three batters, when brought into a game
If interleague play cannot be abandoned return to the old days, when each team would have interleague play with just one division and one division only. Anything more dilutes the All-Star game and World Series
Baseball season would start no earlier than April 12 and end by Oct. 20
Hold your breath: all baseball games would last seven innings. In this shortened-attention-span world, a nine-inning baseball game just does not cut it
The regular season of 162 games would be reduced to allow for an extended playoff season that ended Oct. 20
More single-admission doubleheaders on Sunday. With seven inning games a twin bill would be more manageable
I am sure I left out a few things but make me the commissioner for a day and I am sure to think of more changes.
NFL schedule
The NFL draft was not even over yet and the NFL was advertising about the release of the 2025 schedule. While watching golf on CBS Saturday, an announcement on the release of the NFL’s 2025 schedule was all over the golf coverage. Nobody does it better than the NFL, as far as keeping in the news 24/7, 365 days a year.
Move is on for D.C.
The move is on to bring the NFL’s Washington franchise back to the District of Columbia. The Washington Commanders announced on Monday an effort to return to D.C., building a new stadium on the site of RFK stadium, the franchise’s former home. But an announcement is different than reality. Already, a group has emerged to oppose the project because taxpayer’s money will help to underwrite its cost.
Will it happen? Will the former Washington Redskins return to their old haunts? Stay tuned. The story may not be as done a deal as some might suggest.
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DAN