What if baseball took a page out of the Pro Wrestling handbook?
If we are watching baseball to be entertained then why does MLB spend more time focusing on each player.........for more than their stats?
Felix is beloved for the brief interviews and what the radio and tv guys convey to us while we watch. Why do we only get a short interview after the game?
I know baseball is very much one of those sports that thrives on tradition. I have a buddy that would probably take a bullet than see MLB automate the strike zone. Maybe this doesn't "respect the game"
Would it help keep us entertained an invested if the players had bigger persona's on and off the field?
I personally LOVED the Jose Bautista bat flip in the 2015 ALDS! It was awesome to see some guy be that over the top. He conquered his opponent. He changed the tides and he put on an EPIC display of that.
Would we not love to see that from more of baseball? Maybe the reason it was such an epic moment by Bautista was because it seldom happens?
When it's the 8th inning and you have one of your pair of "electric" relievers coming in to shut down those Damn Yankees to secure a series win and that duo is an over the top pair with some great persona would you not be more entertained and less focused on the idea of another reliever coming it to pitch?
Just food for thought. I know it will never happen but sure seems like it would be a little more fun to me :)