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Not happening. Pitchers don’t want to hit. Owners don’t want their pitchers to hit. Majority of fans don’t want to see pitchers hitting. TV deal and viewership has nothing to do with the DH.ScotchMIrish wrote: ↑02 Jun 2025 19:12 pm NL owners need to get rid of the DH. The experiment has failed. Attendance is down. TV deal collapsing due to viewership.
I doubt they are smart enough to do it or tough enough to stand up to the unions.
There has never been a salary cap in MLB. Attendance isn't down due to that. National League is playing American League baseball. Boring. Static. Repetitive.AZ_Cardsfan wrote: ↑02 Jun 2025 20:04 pm There will be only one - issue. Competitive balance. They MUST figure out a way for smaller market teams to at least pretend they can build a team and win a WS title on occasion. As it stands there is no reason for a 5 year old boy in Pittsburgh to dream of his favorite Pirates player allstar and expect him to be on the team for life and lead them to a title.
Prediction - there WILL be a work stoppage. There WILL be major moves to make it more competitive. It WILL fall short of where it needs to go.
As for DH no one cares.
You really think people aren't watching baseball because pitchers aren't batting? Wow.ScotchMIrish wrote: ↑02 Jun 2025 20:24 pmThere has never been a salary cap in MLB. Attendance isn't down due to that. National League is playing American League baseball. Boring. Static. Repetitive.AZ_Cardsfan wrote: ↑02 Jun 2025 20:04 pm There will be only one - issue. Competitive balance. They MUST figure out a way for smaller market teams to at least pretend they can build a team and win a WS title on occasion. As it stands there is no reason for a 5 year old boy in Pittsburgh to dream of his favorite Pirates player allstar and expect him to be on the team for life and lead them to a title.
Prediction - there WILL be a work stoppage. There WILL be major moves to make it more competitive. It WILL fall short of where it needs to go.
As for DH no one cares.
i agree with you --- but you know what is great about this country is we are all allowed our opinion and the right to share it.cardinalsfever44 wrote: ↑02 Jun 2025 20:26 pmYou really think people aren't watching baseball because pitchers aren't batting? Wow.ScotchMIrish wrote: ↑02 Jun 2025 20:24 pmThere has never been a salary cap in MLB. Attendance isn't down due to that. National League is playing American League baseball. Boring. Static. Repetitive.AZ_Cardsfan wrote: ↑02 Jun 2025 20:04 pm There will be only one - issue. Competitive balance. They MUST figure out a way for smaller market teams to at least pretend they can build a team and win a WS title on occasion. As it stands there is no reason for a 5 year old boy in Pittsburgh to dream of his favorite Pirates player allstar and expect him to be on the team for life and lead them to a title.
Prediction - there WILL be a work stoppage. There WILL be major moves to make it more competitive. It WILL fall short of where it needs to go.
As for DH no one cares.
I get that you’re being serious… you’re basically dead wrong about the problems baseball has.ScotchMIrish wrote: ↑02 Jun 2025 20:24 pmThere has never been a salary cap in MLB. Attendance isn't down due to that. National League is playing American League baseball. Boring. Static. Repetitive.AZ_Cardsfan wrote: ↑02 Jun 2025 20:04 pm There will be only one - issue. Competitive balance. They MUST figure out a way for smaller market teams to at least pretend they can build a team and win a WS title on occasion. As it stands there is no reason for a 5 year old boy in Pittsburgh to dream of his favorite Pirates player allstar and expect him to be on the team for life and lead them to a title.
Prediction - there WILL be a work stoppage. There WILL be major moves to make it more competitive. It WILL fall short of where it needs to go.
As for DH no one cares.
They can afford it the owners just pocket the revenue.imadangman wrote: ↑02 Jun 2025 20:53 pm The problem is teams like Miami, the A's, and many others have financial problems to where they cannot afford to make an honest attempt at contention. The DH has nothing to do with that.
Just imagine the revenue differences for big/small market teams.
Imagine a typical Marlins home game. What's the ticket price 10 bucks? What about a Yankee game. Probably 100 bucks a ticket. And then you're talking about a sellout crowd vs <10,000. For 81 games. And then think about the additional money the fans are spending on food/bev, merch/jerseys etc at the game.
The revenue differences between the two teams must be just massive.
This is what has to be looked at in the next CBA. I don't know what they're gonna do. The fact that two teams are playing in minor league stadiums right now with no plan in site for 2026+ is a black eye on the league.