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How would you fix baseball?

Matt Foley

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I believe it can be fixed. When my Angels were in the Series in 2002, I hung on every pitch. I stayed up every night, watched every game, and watched the post game shows when we won. It's a great, thinking man's game. But they're screwing it up.

1. Play 150 games. Nice even round number. Takes two weeks off the end of the season right there. Play 125 in your League and 25 against the other League. Rotate the other League games evenly. Mets playing six games against the Yankees every year is unfair.

2. Contract by two teams. Announce that the teams with the two worst records over the next two years combined will be contracted. You want to see the have nots actually try? That should do it.

3. If you offer your player 15 million and the Yankees swoop in and offer 20 million, they Yankees have to pay you five million, too. Enough of the trust fund kid buying up all the best players. Bring some sanity into free agency.

4. Cut spring training to two weeks. That's another two weeks off the season. The season now winds down in August and the playoffs start in September, when football hasn't really taken control.

5. Shorten the games. Two throws to first base, max. Shorter breaks between innings. Pitching changes...three warmups. Start playoff games at 7:30 and get them over before 10:30.

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2. Contract by two teams. Announce that the teams with the two worst records over the next two years combined will be contracted. You want to see the have nots actually try? That should do it.

so by this logic, if god forbid the Yankees blow up their roster and suck it up for a few years, they would be contracted? ludacris. Of course, this would never happen, but it could.

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Shorten the season so the World Series ends before football starts. Sorry purists, but baseball takes a back seat as soon as the Hall of Fame game is played.

Free agency fix? Just institute a salary cap.

I also like the idea of contraction. The Marlins (sorry, Henne) and the Jays are the first two teams that come to mind. Move the Rays to a real ballpark and a state with a more baseball-friendly climate.

Also, the Ted is way too big and should have its capacity reduced. 50000 seats are too many to fill consistently, even for the Braves.

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