Baseball And The Oscars Aren't Broken. Our 'Fixes' Are Making Them Worse.
These Are Two Of The Great Achievements Of American Culture
Julia Fisher, Washington Post, March 18, 2022
. . . Major League Baseball [is] doing seemingly everything in [its] power to make [baseball] worse, tinkering in an attempt to appeal to more viewers. It's as if they're ashamed [about one] of the great achievements of American culture.
MLB has long wrestled with concerns about pace of play. Commissioner Rob Manfred is on a crusade to make games shorter, sexier, more appealing to the lay fan who knows next to nothing about the sport.