MLB has become unwatchable, terrible, awful, no good.

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4. Probably too radical for hidebound MLB but I say shorten the games and the season.

The women's college softball games are more entertaining to watch at seven innings. The pace moves along swiftly, plus the hitters put the ball in play resulting in plays at second and third, not to mention first and home.

Ok, how do we get more balls in play? Pitchers are too strong now for most of the hitters so there needs to be offense and defense like in football. Only the best hitters on offense and defensive specialists when the other team is at bat. Then we'll get some action.

And 162 games? That's way too long. Baseball hasn't been the only game in town for decades now. People have other sports to watch and other things to do. 100 to 120 games is more than enough to decide which are the best teams.

There you have it. Baseball of course will never consider any of this as unlike the other sports, rule changes are just about forbidden as the record book is so sacred. Also MLB is not going to give up all the revenue from the long, long season, even though it shrinks every year because the game has gotten to be so boring.