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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4171477, member: 405"] Plus the games are getting harder and harder to watch. Pace of play is too slow; too many relief pitchers, and it's all a game of strikeout, walk or home run. It's like Home Run Derby. Compared to when I first became a fan, around 1970 or so, the ball very rarely gets put into play. Analytics has taken away so many elements of the game, like the hit-and-run and double steal, hitting the opposite way, bunting, stealing a base. It's like that's all "quaint" now, and the game has become obsessed with velocity and launch angles. I would rather watch golf, which I never would have said 10 or 20 years ago. And I've never golfed in my life. That's a bad sign for baseball when even old-time fans are bored with your product. [/QUOTE]