So the Cubs play 2 regular season games . . .

[alw80]

. . . then come back for 5 spring training games before starting the season again? Who thought this up? Please Cardinals, if Manfred comes around dangling international baseball again, just say no.

It's dumb but this is the worst run pro American sports league for a reason.

I’ve got Gary Bettman on line 1 for you…

Hes Bart Giamatti compared to Manfred.

[MIDMOBIRDTWO]

The whole thing is ridiculous. Why not just play one season in Japan, the next in the good old USA.

[makesnosense]

It is a great idea. Any event that brings attention to the sport is good . It doesn’t diminish opening day for any other team. There were five Japanese born players on the teams playing and now there are thousands of more fans. I fail to see what could possibly be bad with the decision.