Thread:Bdj610/@comment-5250721-20161202073120/@comment-5250721-20161202185815

Bdj610 wrote: Well, all of the ideas that both sides agreed to, I like. Earlier start of the season so there are more off days? Great. Phasing out gradually the smokeless tobacco? Okay. Ten-day DL? Works for me.

All-Star Game no longer determining who has the home field advantage in WS?

PERFECT!!!

I never understood why they'd link this to the World Series...it's an exhibition game. NHL and NBA has the team with the best record get home-field throughout the playoffs? Why didn't MLB follow suit??!

I like this.

I know you weren't around for the strike in 1994. Very dark times for baseball, for all sports quite frankly. For those of us collecting baseball cards, and the card companies, it was a wakeup call. This was the end of the junk era. Card production was reduced drastically. It took at least three plus years (plus Cal Ripken, then McGwire/Sosa HR chase) to bring the game back to where it was before the strike in terms of popularity. To have 26 plus years of peace between players and owners is a great thing for the game.

Good point. Im just a little upset that now, nobodys gonna actually try to win or show effort like they used to. Its just gonna lose its meaning like the Pro Bowl and NBA All Star Game.Kind of gets boring, if you know what i mean. SN: I cant believe i actually went to the last ASG that meant soemthing ever. I think SD fans can be proud of something for once. Sadly.