Rob Manfred: 154 games possible – ESPN
Simply put, I like baseball season. It’s my favorite time of year. Part of that is the weather, but another part is having games on six days of the week or more. I like having the opportunity to watch or more likely, listen to Washington Nationals games almost every night. If John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman weren’t so awful, I’d feel that way about New York Yankees broadcasts too.

I don’t like the idea of four fewer home games because that’s four fewer chances I go to a baseball game. The lost revenue from that would have to be made up, so that means the ballgames I do attend would cost more in tickets and concessions. That’s inevitable regardless of the number of games, but I don’t think more help for those increases is necessary.

As for the cold weather games late in the year, play more during the day and get rid of extra days off in the postseason. Starting the first and third games of each playoff round in daylight is just a good idea anyway that will allow more kids a chance to watch.

Major League Baseball has had a 162 game season for over 50 years, about as long as the 154 game season was around. This is probably a non-starter, but I thought I’d point out the shortcomings of it.