Home runs and plays at the plate are important. Use replay. Get it right.
8. I’d take MLB off of Fox. I know I would miss the brilliant in-game reporting of Ken Rosenthall, the creative “Slider” character that teaches us that a fast ball is a ball that is thrown fast, and the insight of Kevin Kennedy, but I would do this mostly so I don’t have to sit through any more baseball games announced by Buck and McCarver.
9. Speaking of in-game reporting, I would ban all in-game interviews with managers, bench coaches, and hitting coaches. I don’t know who came up with the idea, but it is now going on in virtually every baseball telecast I watch.
Not once has anything meaningful been learned that could not have been learned without having to interrupt the manager who clearly does not want to be doing the interview in the first place.
10. TV rules the world and trumps even common sense, but I would limit the off days during the playoffs. In the 2004 playoffs, one of the great things about the Red Sox-Yankees series was that it was every day. It was amazing to see relief pitchers who had thrown multiple innings the night before, starters pitching on short rest, and both catchers catching every inning day after day.
Last season, in the ALCS, there were off days in the middle of a series even when no travel was involved. Simple rule for the playoffs: no off day unless there is travel involved.
Games 1 and 2, off day, games 3-5, off day, games 6-7.
11. I would tell the Houston Astros that I don't care how they do it or how much it costs, they have to remove that stupid hill and flagpole from centerfield. It never should have been done and it never should have been allowed.
12. I am sick of hearing every year how the top player in the draft wasn’t drafted until the 28th pick because the first 27 teams decided they could not afford him.
Similar to the NBA, I’d institute a pay scale that can be adjusted each season. The number one pick gets x-dollars, the second pick y-dollars, and so on. Realizing that some rookies are drafted to be able to contribute at the Major League level right away, I would figure out some formula as part of a rookie contract to add salary to a player as he rises through the different levels.
13. A large percentage of Major Leaguers are international players, yet these players are not part of the draft. I don’t like hearing about teams throwing millions of dollars at 14 year olds, and I really don’t like the bidding process that goes on for certain players (like the Red Sox did with Daisuke Matsuzaka).
Once a player is 18 he can enter the draft. Each player must go through the draft at least once. If not drafted, then the player can be signed by any team.
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