Don't Do It!!

To all the baseball "experts" that think shortening the baseball season is good idea, can I offer an opinion? That's a bad idea. I'm the first one in line to say that baseball needs to make some changes, and I agree with those who say that MLB drastically needs to improve its marketing, but shortening the season is not the way to do it. Shortening the season to 154 games or 120 games will have the absolute opposite effect for one major reason: we will never see another record be broken in professional baseball. With no records being threatened, a huge part of marketing of any sport will be completely eliminated. You can market the stars of the game, the all-star game (which is the best of any major sport), the thrilling post season, but fans of all ages will miss out on seeing someone pass Barry Bonds for the home run crown, a pitcher win 300, a hitter reach 3,000, or anybody challenge any career record. The prevailing saying in sports is "records are made to be broken." If Major League Baseball shortens the season, we won't get to say that ever again in reference to the national pastime.