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Extra innings are what make baseball fun.



True, at this point it's a part of the game. But is it detrimental to the game when it extends to 1am? Or maybe into the next day? It's rare, but it happens.

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I would rather have them play 130 games, with more teams in the playoffs.



Bingo. This is what I was alluding towards. You can't really add more playoff games to a 162 game schedule. We'd probably start seeing "snow outs" if the season started to early or ended too late. But look at how the playoffs work for the NBA, NFL and NCAA. IMO, it would add excitement, and considering how the Yankees and Red Sox have been impossibly strong lately, it might be the only way Baltimore or Tampa can get to the playoffs.

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The current system in baseball sucks. Soft caps are a joke.



I just don't get how the players union gets away with what it does. Or why owners tolerate it. You wouldn't see Paul Allen let a Microsoft employee get away with what Koren Robinson did for three years on the Seahawks. What changed? Would Tom Hicks let one of his employees at his company go after a TV camerman on live TV? Yet he supports Kenny Rogers? I'll never get that.

All I'm asking for is less player movement. If a player opts for free agency, he should take a penalty of some sort, so we can see how serious he is. Bust him back down to rookie salary. The drawback with that is, a player might force a trade then and I have no idea how to prevent that. But the pride needs to return. The love of the game and not the "show me the money" approach. I think fans want to know that, for sure, Ichiro is a Mariner. Jeter is a Yankee. Eric Chavez is an Athletic. Jason Varitek is a Red Sox. That when they check the newspaper, that player is in that uniform. When you see players, especially All Stars, switching teams a lot, it only hurts the game.

I've been wondering if all fields should have the same dimensions. That would be interesting.

"You kind of get tired giving the other team credit. At some point you've got to look in the mirror and say 'I sucked.'"

Alex Rodriguez, after the NY Yankees were eliminated from the 2006 ALDS by the Detroit Tigers.