As Major League Baseball attempts to stay current, relevant and entertaining to the coveted younger generation of sports fans, it continues to experiment and brainstorm ways to make the game faster and more exciting.
As other sports gain in popularity and attention spans decrease, it’s imperative that baseball adjusts to the times and modifies its product when necessary. A relatively slow sport by nature, it must find ways to remain compelling. When games drag on for up to four hours fairly regularly, it’s an issue that must be resolved.
A baseball purist and lover of the sport by nature, I believe that the game, for the most part, is perfect as is.