Today, March 31, is Opening Day for baseball. How exciting is this… not?

I love the game. I’m completely out of step with everything else, I know. I wish I had grown up in the 50s, but I didn’t. Deal with it.

Nevertheless, the game needs a couple of changes.

1. Cut the season. This is ridiculous. It’s 29 degrees in Minneapolis and they’re calling for snow (AGAIN) tomorrow. MLB is starting the season today so they don’t have playoffs in November like last year. Well here’s a thought: SHORTEN THE SEASON! Nothing wrong with a 132 game schedule so we can start in the middle of April and still have fall classics in THE FALL, not winter!

I understand Mr. Selig wants to expand the playoffs because it’s the major league sport with the fewest teams in the post season. I say keep it that way! Make it worth something to make the playoffs! What do you think this is, the NBA?

2. Get the collective bargaining agreement done by May 1. Don’t repeat the mistakes of 1993-94. While the NFL is playing around like a bunch of idiots, step up and show them how to get things done. People are really tired of millionaires suing billionaires and crying about plantations and slavery and all that stuff. Be decent. Get the deal done and go on.

3. It’s still a human game with human errors. I know we’ve already let the replay in. Please keep it where it’s at. This is a futile request, like the other two, but I’m a preacher and I need three points.

Let’s play ball!