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Yes, it has enabled me to watch MLB games with a different eye.  The fact I'm still trying to pitch is interesting, it keeps me trying to stay in shape year round which is great.

A man needs hobbies.

I didn't like playing football.  I was always tall for my age compared to the average kid, and fast, and so receiver was a thing people always wanted me to try.  I hated getting hit, and the sport was just not for me.  Was good at catching things, but terrible at catching them when I knew I was about to get blasted. 

I was not bad at beisbol.  Decent enough hitter, always got put in the outfield, where I usually got bored and wished I was in the infield where more action was taking place. 

I was rather good at shooty-hoops, and loved it.  Definitely my fave to play, and was my favorite to watch when I was young too.  That gradually shifted to football across my late teens and early 20's, and now I really never watch basketball.  I'd still play it if I were able, tho.  

Like most innovations, the 3pt shot seems so obvious to me that it makes you wonder how in the world "they" didn't immediately think of it when the rules were first organized.  But of course, what's obvious now was novel at some point.  People will look at us one day and scratch their heads why we aren't doing something "obvious" right now.  

That's just silly.  Of course a shot from much further away should be worth more than a close one.  There's no need to have 4 or 5 point shots because by the time you got to a comparable range based on the difference in 2 and 3 pt. shots, nobody will realistically make those shots, hardly ever, and so extremely few people ever attempt them.  If you wanted to argue hail mary type bombs from half court out of necessity as the clock expires should be worth more than 3 pts, I'm listening.  

The only way a dunk should be worth 1 pt. is if it's not contested, which is the idea behind close-range point values.  Free throws are worth 1 pt. because they're uncontested.  No matter how close to the basket you are or whether or not you shoot the ball through it, bank it off the backboard, or ram it through with your hands, someone is often getting in your way trying to stop you.  2 points. 

I was against the pitch clock, but changed my mind.  I think I'd add a second or three.  I do kinda like the rules against the shift, though now the 2B plays almost up the middle often as not.  The stolen base is back, the sac bunt is not, much at all.

I enjoy college baseball.

MLB = rat's ass.

I've liked minor league baseball a lot, nobody loafs, same as college.

I keep thinking about walking down to the Tech field to watch some beisbol but haven't gone yet.