{"id":24356,"date":"2015-02-24T18:59:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T23:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=24356"},"modified":"2015-02-24T18:59:11","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T23:59:11","slug":"in-defense-of-the-162-game-mlb-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2015\/02\/in-defense-of-the-162-game-mlb-season\/","title":{"rendered":"In defense of the 162 game MLB season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"http:\/\/player.espn.com\/player.js?playerBrandingId=4ef8000cbaf34c1687a7d9a26fe0e89e&#038;adSetCode=91cDU6NuXTGKz3OdjOxFdAgJVtQcKJnI&#038;pcode=1kNG061cgaoolOncv54OAO1ceO-I&#038;width=500&#038;height=281&#038;externalId=espn:12370929&#038;thruParam_espn-ui[autoPlay]=false&#038;thruParam_espn-ui[playRelatedExternally]=true\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/12370390\/rob-manfred-says-consider-shortening-season-there-was-interest\">Rob Manfred: 154 games possible<\/a> &#8211; <em>ESPN<\/em><br \/>\nSimply put, I like baseball season. It&#8217;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, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/tag\/washington-nationals-radio-network\">listen to Washington Nationals games<\/a> almost every night. If John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman weren&#8217;t so awful, I&#8217;d feel that way about New York Yankees broadcasts too.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t like the idea of four fewer home games because that&#8217;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&#8217;s inevitable regardless of the number of games, but I don&#8217;t think more help for those increases is necessary.<\/p>\n<p>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. 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