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I personnaly find baseball so crushingly boring I would happily plunge knitting needles into my eyes to avoid another snap zoom of Joe Torre's nostril hairs.

The above was written by Rick Reilly in ESPN Magazine.
So, he suggests ways to make baseball a better game:

--put in a pitch clock... you get 15 seconds for each pitch
--once a week, every player signs autographs for 10 minutes by the dugout.
--we'll bring in Olympic testing... the World Anti-Doping Agency can test anytime, road or home
--if you're 0-for-4, the crowd gets to pick your at-bat music
--the National League will get the DH.
--We'll fine more players.
--umps will be in charge of rainouts year round
--balls that hit the foul pole are foul...Duh
--a prospect won't be allowed to enter an MLB farm system until he's the age of a college sophomore, just like the NBA
--and if you're the dweeb fan on your cell phone behind home plate waving at the camera, the rest of your section gets to pour beer down your shorts.

[wayne]: is there any sport on TV that is more slow or meditative than baseball? Okay, there's golf. And poker. Will these slow sports still be there in 10 years? Or maybe the 'meditative types' of TV watchers will always be around.