data.3news-bydate.train.rec.sport.baseball.105146 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
Subject: Re: speeding up games
From: [email protected] (Bobby Davis)
Organization: University of Cincinnati
NNTP-Posting-Host: flash.ece.uc.edu
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In article [email protected] (Rudy Wade) writes:
>I feel that talking about speeding up baseball games, is like trying
>to keep signal to noise ratio high on rec.sports.baseball. No matter
>how much you talk about it, or how reasonable your arguments, there
>will always be people who quote an entire article (with signatures!)
>to make a one line comment, reply or woof. Whether through their
>stupidity, denseness or excitement and overeagerness to bless us with
>their insight, no matter what is said, they will always keep doing it.
>
>Same with ballgames. No matter how much it might benefit the game for
>the umpires to enforce the rules and for the players/managers/coaches
>to stop wasting our time -- it just ain't gonna happen.
>
>Rudy.
I agree.