Delusional

The Astros topped the Yankees 3-2 in eleven innings Sunday night on a walk-off homerun by Carlos Correa, and I bet Commissioner Manfred got all caught up in all the Minute Maid Park excitement.  That would be a mistake.  The commissioner needs to focus on the time of game, 4:49.  Talk about agony.

The Yankees, who are carrying 13 pitchers for the ALCS, used nine.  Holy Tampa Bay Rays!  Look, it’s Yankees’ skipper Aaron Boone popping out of the dugout to change pitchers, again and again and…I went to bed at 10:40 PM Central Time; nobody on either team will care if I go through the next day a zombie for lack of sleep.  But forget the old-man demographic.  How many middle-schoolers stayed up to see Correa connect off of J.A. Happ?  High-schoolers?  Millennials?

Yes, Minute Maid Park was packed and electric, just like Yankee Stadium will be Tuesday.  So what?  Let’s see how the rest of America reacts.  My guess is that most people in their right minds will find other things to do rather than spend just under five hours to watch two teams score a total of five runs while striking out a combined 26 times.  Let’s take a peak at the ratings, shall we? 

If something doesn’t change, and soon, baseball make soccer look exciting.  Goaalll…