Yep. And at the change of innings, one team would rush off the field while the other rushed on. The pitcher would try to get as many warmup tosses as he could before the umpire yelled "Batter up!". Television has destroyed all that. Now there is a full 4 minute break between half-innings to fit in over an hour of commercials in a 9-inning game, while the game attendees sit through it waiting for the extended pause to end.
Television has destroyed the game of baseball. And now they demand a pitch clock to speed up the game after intentionally slowing it down to collect those advertising dollars? Bah!
It really is a thing... and distinct from the softball fields, which is a similar but different thing, somehow.
But I tuned out, shortly after coming out here... My fun turned into horses, trapping, hunting, and fishing... All I could ever ask for...
Stuck around for NASCAR for a while... But sometime after Earnhardt passed... Run for the Race and all that bullshit... Bouncy jangly crap all over my screen.... And commercials every seven minutes.
No more NASCAR either. That was the rough one. My uncle Johnny and I were gonna meet down in Vegas when the show was in town... Would have liked to try those cheap seats out... And see if I could weasel my way into the pits (I would, you know)... Never happened.
Now a question. Did these things BECOME over-commercialized, or did we become aware?
Pounding that out will give you fits.
