Shorten the season to 154 games (like in the old days). This will re-energize the records of Gehrig, Ruth, Dimagio, Foxx and Greenberg. It will also eliminate countless pointless games that plague the 30-team league towards the end of September. What will remain are great pennant chases, and a season that ends in October, not November.
Up the ante for the first round of the playoffs by increasing the series to a best-of-seven. This will greatly enhance the first round of the playoffs by not allowing a team that wins the first two at home to win easy. And this is what we have waited for -- the playoffs -- so extend them.
Extend the fences. Don't allow Detroit to cheapen their ballpark by putting in intermediate fences to increase homerun production. Make a home run what it should be -- a wallop, not a deep fly ball, or worse a shallow pop-up that gets caught in the wind.
Call the high pitch and raise the mound. We need to even the game here. Hitters have too many advantages -- the protective equipment and steroids -- and pitchers have none -- they pitch inside and they get warned or tossed.
Eliminate the fake-third and throw-to-first in 1st and 3rd situations. This is clearly a balk.
Move the Expos already. Stop fielding possible sites and choose one. Allow a buyer to buy the team. Washington, Northern Virginia, Portland, Monterrey (a team in Mexico is a good idea but aren't the Padres already), or Puerto Rico. Any of them will do, so get it done.
