Worst thing to happen to baseball?

[Paladin Cecil]

Which of these two things would you consider to be the worst thing to happen to baseball?

[Derwood]

Neither. The cookie-cutter stadiums are all but gone (mostly by billionaires extorting cities for millions) and then making money off the naming rights. both are crappy, but neither is the worst thing ever

[Vanilla Ice]

Neither One

[Sammy Sofa]

Neither. The White Sox's shorts damaged the game more.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

If I were to make a list, neither of these would be near the top 25.

[Banedon]

Cronyism

[SouthSideRyan]

Albert Pujols.

[javy knows my name]

Interesting. I said both were kind of equally bad, but ask me this question again in Wrigley gets renamed.

By the way, Minute Maid Park, as a representative of the new "cookie-cutter" ballparks is still >> the Astrodome.

[series65cubsfan]

Where is the option for designated hitter??

[OleMissCub]

Where is the option for designated hitter??

 

Hell ya. The DH is like having a "designated free throw shooter" go to the line in basketball every time your bumbling center gets fouled.

[Paladin Cecil]

I'm not considering either of the two choices as "the" worst thing to happen to the game of baseball. I was asking which of the two is the worse thing to have happened to the game. Sorry about the confusion.

[snoodmonger]

neither is a concern. Since naming rights affects all sports equally, I'd pick the cookie cutters of the two options. But as Derwood pointed out, they're all pretty much gonzo anyway.

[javy knows my name]

Just out of curiousity, which cookie-cutter parks came out and are gone by now?

[Derwood]

Just out of curiousity, which cookie-cutter parks came out and are gone by now?

 

RFK

Busch II

Three Rivers

Riverfront

Veteran's

[OleMissCub]

Just out of curiousity, which cookie-cutter parks came out and are gone by now?

 

RFK

Busch II

Three Rivers

Riverfront

Veteran's

 

Astrodome.

[Drew Doughty]

in the book of things that are worst for baseball, these two things are on page six after "the grass is too sharp".

[Yanksfan1523]

Just out of curiousity, which cookie-cutter parks came out and are gone by now?

 

RFK

Busch II

Three Rivers

Riverfront

Veteran's

 

Astrodome.

 

 

Shea, in '09

[Sterling30]

Just out of curiousity, which cookie-cutter parks came out and are gone by now?

 

RFK

Busch II

Three Rivers

Riverfront

Veteran's

 

Astrodome.

 

 

Shea, in '09

 

Atlanta-Fulton County

[Roast]

I agree with most everyone else that these are the least of the "worst" things to happen to baseball, but between the two I went for the cookie-cutter ballparks. Even though as others have pointed out a lot of those have been closed.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I went with the cookie-cutter ballparks. I'm not a big fan of the coporate naming, but it doesn't affect my experience at the ballpark at all. The cookie-cutter, multi-purpose parks sometimes created a sterile feel to the park and in some cases affected the experience.

[CubinNY]

6 dollar beers

 

Thread over.

[Roast]

6 dollar beers

 

Thread over.

 

 

:lol:

[wekse]

6 dollar beers

 

Thread over.

 

 

:lol:

 

](*,)

[OleMissCub]

6 dollar beers

 

Thread over.

 

Good God, yes.

 

Although I'll never forget my "dollar longneck night" at Coors several years ago. It was an interleague game against the Yankees and Mike Hampton got destroyed (huge shock).

[seanimal]

The internet has killed baseball.