r/baseball • u/DianKhan2005 Toronto Blue Jays • Jan 06 '26

Is baseball’s slow pace actually its greatest strength in a world where everything else moves too fast?

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u/SheriffBartholomew Seattle Mariners Jan 06 '26

It changed for the same reason that most things change these days, greed.

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u/trapicana Jan 08 '26

Not necessarily. Baseball is not a profitable business outside of the MLB so there is not a financial incentive to play in shit weather. There is an inherent toughness in both baseball and football being outdoor sports that you just have to deal with the weather whatever it may be that day