Do you think interleague games are good or bad?
608665
I really enjoy watching inter league play.  It affords me the opportunity to see some of the top NL players that I generally only hear about on Sportscenter.  It's also nice to see your team play in a different light.  If you are in the AL playing in an NL park, you get to see what your pitchers have at bat or how your DH plays at 1st Base etc...  I like it and I do not think it should change.
488658
They should and it would cut out a lot of games in division races.  A team in any division plays another team in that same divison at least 15-20 times a year.  It would be great to see for example the Yanks against the Houston Astros instead of them seeing each other every three years if possible.  \n\nThe downside is the traveling would wear the players down but then again they do play 162 games a year.  Hope you're reading this Bud Selig (needs to go immediately!!!)
518746
Even though it's called "The Great American Pastime", it's not THAT great.  I think people like it because it is a leisurely game (one of the few games without a game clock) that is spiked by moments of intensity.  There is something about a set moment in a game - "bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, full count, runner on first, and here's the pitch..."  There are subtle strategies in the game that often times go unnoticed (field shifts, hitting strategies) and it is often said that the hardest thing to do in all of sports is to hit a fastball, sometimes traveling at 100mph/160kph.  Besides, there are many, many American kids who aspire to one day become a Major League pitcher.  Maybe the games take these people back to their childhood.
301796
Yes. The way baseball is now teams that can spend a lot of money, and do it wisely, stand a much better chance of being competitive. I expect that both teams will be in the playoffs this year and I'd give it a 1 in 4 chance that there will be one this year.
16783
I like playing head to head leagues because it's more personal to a face a different owner each week.\nYou need to have a balance of both, but good relief pitching always seems to be in short supply.\nKeep up with player news from around the league, especially injuries so you can pickup backups of injured player to strengthen weak spots on your own roster.
1067603
Imagine what the managers think about that, now that the All-Star Game actually means home-field advantage in the World Series! THAT'S the ridiculous part, in my opinion. Having to play those "former greats" rather than the more talented but not-as-popular players that didn't make the fans' cut . . . that's gotta be frustrating when the game is on the line. I just hope that we don't start seeing any sacrifice bunts in the All-Star game, just so one team can win. The All-Star game should be a fun game.\n\nThen again . . . seeing Barry Bonds bunt would be fun.
1052407
The team that does least badly against the Seattle Mariners this year.  So far the Padres are 0-3, the Giants are 0-3 and the Dodgers are 0-2, with the Dodgers playing the Mariners tonight.  [The Mariners lost that game.]  They now travel to San Diego and Arizona to pound on the Padres and Diamondbacks, and then the Rockies visit Safeco Field to drop three to the Mariners there.\n\nThe Padres suffer depredations from the Mariners twice because of the MLB "designated rivalry."\n\nAssuming the Mariners actually pull off this 17-1 stunt against a single division, it may be some sort of record for interleague play.\n\nGo Mariners!  Sodo Mojo!
467113
BASEBALL IS NOT ENTERTAINING.\nYOU HAVE TO WAIT ALL THE DAY TO WATCH A HOME RUN..\nTIRING BOWLING AND MISSING GAME..\nTHE GUYS PLAY AGAIN AND AGAIN TO DECIDE A WIN.\nBUT CRICKET HAS THE THRILL,SUSPENSE,UNPREDICTION.\nCRICKET IS CLEARLY ENTERTAINING.
17240
No 2 line pass good.\nSmaller pads great\nGoalies not being able to handle puck.   bad\nI like the rough play so the clutch grab is where most of my fav. players made a living. I like the enforcers and the fights. Not Sorry about it. Give me a good Goon game and I am happy. I don't like the euro no check leagues.
1126185
If you can play in the league, then you are a good player. There are no bad players that have ever played in the league.
1123450
I would have to agree, there is nothing interesting about baseball. I think people like it when they aren't athletic enough to play a real sport.
900835
I'd agree, except in the case where both teams were trying to break the tie with equal effort.\n\nI like overtime.  I like the extra pressure when everyone's dog tired, the herculean effort it takes to make it happen under those conditions.\n\nI see what you're saying about the extra pressure, but worry about that instance where the effort really is equal on both sides -- all out -- and both teams wind up getting penalized.\n\nIt's interesting to think about, though.\n\nI think my perspective is skewed as a player.  In terms of spectating, it makes a certain sense.\n\nA lot of it depends on how much dramatic value you feel the shootout has, I suppose.
108916
You're probably going to have about 90% of extra inning games won by a margin of just one run.  Hope this helps!
1185572
You're right....IW's are a copout...pitch to players like Bonds, Ortiz, and Ramirez....Let the pitcher prove his worth.  If they are that good, then face them and pitch.  That's what makes baseball so exciting and unpredictable (to a certain degree).
302646
A game continues with 20 minute periods until someone scores and the game has a winner and a loser.  During the season, they don't want games to go on for hours and hours (mostly because of the TV contracts).\nThe shootout that just was instituted is a fast ending to games (again, TV).  I'm not a big fan because it turns a team game into 1-on-1.  It is exciting and that was the idea . . . i just don't like it.  They want the best TEAMS to advance to the finals . . .  . hence OT til the game ends
586900
If you're in or within a reasonable distance of a major league baseball city, I think the ball game on a fireworks night is a good place because the night and fireworks add some ambiance to the setting thus making it appropriate for a date and you get to watch sports while still having the potential to get some play, so everybody wins.  This is a particularly good idea if you're near the Royals or Brewers or some team that sucks hard and nobody goes to watch.  Get cheap seats and you'll be all alone together.
453823
I care about it.  It's definitely not boring when you are in the stadium, and when you are watching good teams play.  In fact, the average score has been increasing for the last five years.  It should be more interesing than before.