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Originally Posted by Hrycaj
They will never, ever, ever do it but baseball has an issue that contraction could fix. Instead, they will add two more teams and thin out the talent pool even more. They could also force crappy owners to sell, but that is another thing that will never happen.
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Go do some math about how society was constructed in 1946, prior to integration.
There were 16 MLB teams, and their talent pool were white Americans. There were 124 million, total. This is about eight million eligible people per MLB team.
Today? JUST IN THE US, there are 40% more than that. This doesn't include ANY Hispanics, Koreans, or Japanese.
The talent pool has never been greater.
Now..if you want to complain about their coaching, I'm with you. Upper cut swings, and not valuing on base percentage, I'm there.
Metrics have a place. Pitchers are no longer allowed to pitch a third time through the order (and getting CREAMED). This has dropping batting averages to near historical lows. Nothing can be done about it, other than to make a strike a little postage stamp in the middle of the plate, and serve up batting practice.