For the last time, I’m here to “touch base,” and I want to start it off by saying thank you!
I always appreciated the compliments and people letting me know in the hallways that they read my column the day of distribution.
Whether it was some of my closest friends teasing me about that issue’s photo of me or it was some of my favorite teachers letting me know that my column was well-written, I enjoyed every second of it.
I also want to thank everyone that was kind enough to just open The Journal and take a look at some of our pages. Our staff works very hard to produce it, and people don’t realize how big of a deal it is to them.
I’m very happy to announce that next year’s Sports editor will be Lorelei Bennett and she will take over the column in her own way.
With that being said, let’s end this column on a high note.
By far, I think it is obvious that baseball is my favorite sport, thing to talk about or just a topic in general. I know that some people won’t love it as much as me, and that’s fine.
However, I think that the main reason that many people don’t enjoy it is because of how it is displayed to the public.
If you ask anyone who has remotely been around baseball this question, almost all would agree.
Is watching the sport of baseball on TV boring?
I think most people would say yes, but that doesn’t mean that the sport in its entirety is completely boring.
Most people see baseball on TV at a restaurant or at home and think it’s boring. I think they just need to go to a game and give the sport a chance.
The same people that say watching baseball on TV is boring would say that going to a game in person is one million times better and one of their favorite events if they were to attend one.
I know some people might not want to spend money on going to a game, but there are some minor league games and college games that are not expensive to get into.
Some stay away from baseball and never become interested in it because they never get the chance to go to a game and are forced to watch random regular season games on TV where the announcer might even be bored. In the past, some have said that going to a game in person was too exhausting because the games are too long.
And while this could be true, the MLB has made rule changes in the past few years to help speed up games, and it’s working very well.
Some of these rules involved a pitch clock to help speed up the time that it takes for a pitcher to throw.
There are also rules, like how many times a pitcher is allowed to pick off towards first base, to help speed up the game.
There’s many more that I won’t get super into, but the silver lining is that the MLB has been trying to speed up the games.
According to ESPN, before they made the rule change, nine-inning games had an average time of three hours and 23 minutes. Now it’s two hours and 40 minutes.
I think that if more people went to a game in person, they might be able to give baseball the second chance it deserves.
Just give the sport a shot. Go to a game, and if you don’t like it, fine. I promise you, though, you won’t be disappointed.