Cut the crap

When I was a kid in the later 60s, Yankee Stadium was often a ghost town. But it was great to go see a game. You could hear the chatter, hear the ball hit a glove and a bat hit a ball.

Now, baseball has a chance to showcase the game. Not cutout fans, CGI fans, fake crowd noise, and stupid music.

The problem is, the sport doesn't have the confidence to present itself naked. It can't just play the game without the idiotic touches that management thinks will make the fans happy. (In case nobody noticed, MLB and teams trying to make the fans happy has resulted in a too-long game too dominated by algorithms and ratings that keep falling.)

Let's hear the action on the field. Let's hear what the guys are saying during the game. Let's hear the handclaps of a happy first base coach.

In short, let's hear baseball. See baseball. Watch baseball. Not all this other shit. Maybe fans will surprise the suits and actually like the game itself.

Fucking jerks.